THE CANADA ELECTION NOWCASTER  ———————————————————————————- FINAL FORECAST FOR: OCTOBER 2019 (41.23%)  ———————————————————————————- Election forecasting is now a thriving discipline in the United States, where a large number of different models are being used to forecast the outcome of congressional elections or the fate of presidential candidates. Although forecasting models have been developed for France, Germany […] Read more

Several Chair-members attended the Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, that took place at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. Both Florence Vallée-Dubois and Semra Sevi presented multiple papers during the conference (for more information on the program, see here). Finally, Ruth Dassonneville presented a co-authored paper on “Voting at 16”, based […] Read more

The 2019 edition of the SQSP, that took place at the Université de Montréal, offered an opportunity for many Chair members to present their research. Many students took part in the workshop “Les défis de la démocratie électorale: le comportement électoral dans un contexte de volatilité”, that Ruth Dassonneville co-organised with Valérie-Anne Mahéo. Here is […] Read more

From 20 to 22 May 2019, Laurie Beaudonnet (Jean Monnet Centre Montréal) and Ruth Dassonneville (Canada Research Chair in Electoral Democracy) co-organized an acedemic workshop on European election and attitudes toward the Union. Speakers included, besides the organizers themselves, Jae-Jae Spoon (University of Pittsburgh), Joost van Spanje (University of Amsterdam), Katjana Gattermann (University of Amsterdam) […] Read more

On May 21, 2019, the Research Chair, in collaboration with the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship and the Centre Jean Monnet Montréal organized a public forum entitled ‘Europe on the Brink’. This event was an opportunity for many researchers (Laurie Beaudonnet – Université de Montréal; Ruth Dassonneville – Université de Montréal; Katjana Gatterman […] Read more

Ruth Dassonneville, Semih Çakır and Philippe Mongrain Summary On 26 May 2019, Belgians will turn to the polls to elect members of the regional, federal and European parliaments, and the stakes are high. While the elections are still a couple of weeks away, and while many voters are believed to make up their mind in […] Read more

Last term, I asked students enrolled in my undergrad course on elections (POL3015), to create infographics. In these infographics, they explained a concept in the field of electoral studies. The students created infographics on many different topics, such as the concept of economic voting, compulsory voting, women suffrage, amongst others. Below are some examples of […] Read more

At the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Ruth Dassonneville and Filip Kostelka were awarded the Marion Irish Award for the best paper on Women and Politics, presented at the 2018 SPSA Meeting. They won the award for their paper ‘The Gender Gap in Voter Turnout: A Longitudinal Analysis of European Parliament […] Read more

Several Chair members participated in the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, which took place in Austin (TX) in January 2019. Semih Çakir presented a paper on the role of ambivalence on electoral participation, and Alexandra Jabbour presented co-authored work (with Jean-François Daoust) on the role of long-term factors on the vote choice […] Read more