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Voting Behaviour in Canada

Voting Behaviour in Canada

Edited by Cameron D. Anderson and Laura B. Stephenson

Published by: University of British Columbia Press

Imprint: UBC Press

320 Pages, 152.00 × 229.00 mm, 28 b&w figures, 24 tables

Paperback
9780774817844
Published: January 2011

£28.99

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Hardcover
9780774817837
Published: May 2010

£84.00

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The recent string of minority governments has reminded Canadians that voting behaviour has serious consequences – on the composition of government as well as on the direction of public policy. Understanding the underlying meaning of election results is a key issue for policy makers and for students and scholars of politics. But can voting behaviour be explained, given that each vote represents the influence of countless impressions, decisions, and attachments?

Voting Behaviour in Canada reveals the challenges of understanding election results as leading young scholars of political behaviour piece together a comprehensive portrait of the modern Canadian voter. By systematically exploring long-standing attachments, short-term influences, and proximate factors (campaign issues and poll results), the contributors offer a multifaceted analysis of voting behaviour that incorporates the insights of theories developed to illuminate the influence of certain factors. Theoretically grounded and methodologically advanced, Voting Behaviour in Canada sheds new light on the choices we make as citizens and provides important insights into recent national developments.

1 The Puzzle of Elections and Voting in Canada / Cameron D. Anderson and Laura B. Stephenson

Part 1: Long-Standing Attachments and Voting

2 Who Votes for Women Candidates and Why? Evidence from Recent Canadian Elections / Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant

3 The New Immigrant Voter, 1965-2004: The Emergence of a New Liberal Partisan? / Antoine Bilodeau and Mebs Kanji

4 The Catholic-Liberal Connection: A Test of Strength / Laura B. Stephenson

5 Parties and Partisans: The Influence of Ideology and Brokerage on the Durability of Partisanship in Canada / Éric Bélanger and Laura B. Stephenson

Part 2: Short-Term Influences on Voting Behaviour

6 Economic Voting in Canada: Assessing the Effects of Subjective Perceptions and Electoral Context / Cameron D. Anderson

7 Third-Party Support in Canadian Elections: The Role of the Economy / Éric Bélanger and Richard Nadeau

8 Personality Matters: The Evaluation of Party Leaders in Canadian Elections / Amanda Bittner

Part 3: Proximate Considerations in Vote Choice

9 Enlightenment, Equalization, or What? Campaigns, Learning, and the Economy in Canadian Elections / J. Scott Matthews

10 Election Campaign Polls and Democracy in Canada: Examining the Evidence behind the Common Claims / Mark Pickup

11 Reflecting on Lessons from the Canadian Voter / Cameron D. Anderson and Laura B. Stephenson

Index

Cameron D. Anderson and Laura B. Stephenson are assistant professors in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.

Contributors: Éric Bélanger, Antoine Bilodeau, Amanda Bittner, Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, Mebs Kanji, J. Scott Matthews, Richard Nadeau, and Mark Pickup.