Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from 70 Electoral Studies Maxime Coulombe-University of Western Ontario Field experiments such as Gerber et al.’s (2008) Get-Out-the-Vote study provide causal estimates of the mobilizing effects of social pressure to vote. While offering significant contributions, these studies leave open questions regarding the prevalence of the social pressure to vote […] Read more
Grandparents for future? Opinion on climate change and generational solidarity from a family perspective Marie Heldgaard Seestedt-University of Copenhagen The generational contract is under pressure in ageing democracies where expectations that the next generation will be better off than their parents are declining. One reason for this is climate change – an issue where the […] Read more
Évaluer l’impact des ‘deepfakes’ en contexte électoral Jean-François Godbout-Université de Montréal This presentation aims to collect comments on our research design for a survey experiment to measure the effect of deepfakes in an electoral context. Cookies will be served. The presentation is in hybrid format and will be simulcast on Zoom. Read more
Split Decision: Federal and Provincial Elections in Ontario, 1997-2022 Matthew Taylor-Université de Montréal On the night of his re-election victory in June of 2022, Ontario Premier Doug Ford made a particular point of thanking voters who had “cast [their] last ballot for the federal Liberals” (CPAC 2022). Ford’s gratitude towards federal Liberals reflects a curious […] Read more
Power, Representation, and Ideology – Explaining Political Elites’ Satisfaction with Democracy Benjamin Ferland-University of Ottawa, co-written with Valere Gaspard-University of Ottawa, and Johan Savoy-University of Ottawa Research on satisfaction with democracy has increased in recent decades, with researchers studying how democratic satisfaction influences political attitudes and behaviors as well as the individual and contextual determinants […] Read more