FORECAST FOR: JUNE 2019 (41.61%)     A NEW FORECAST WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA When in doubt, forecasters can act either one of two ways: They can take the chance to sink with their ship (i.e., stick with their model no matter what) or run for the lifeboats (i.e., change their forecasts according to recent […] 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

The first edition of the Political Behavior Seminar for Doctoral Students took place on Thursday, November 8, at the University of Montreal. This seminar gives the opportunity for advanced doctoral students to present their work and to benefit from the comments of professors and students. Members of the Chair – Alexandra Jabbour, Semih Cakir, Phillipe […] Read more

Marta Gallina was awarded the 2018 Party Politics Prize for the best paper presented at the ECPR Summer School on Political Parties. In 2018, the Summer School was organized by Fernando Casal Bertoa and Cees van der Eijk at the University of Nottingham. Marta was awarded the prize for her paper ‘Abilities, opportunities and motivations […] Read more

Ruth Dassonneville was awarded a Publons Peer Review Award for the year 2018. She received the award for placing herself in the top 1% reviewers in Social Sciences. And was ranked at the 10th place of all Social Scientist on Publons. Read more

Ruth Dassonneville was interviewed for the podcast ‘How to Win Arguments with Numbers‘ of the Q-Step Centre at the University of Kent. In the podcast, she talks about the changing relationship between voters and parties in established democracies. To access and listen to the podcast, click here Read more

par Philippe Mongrain À la veille de l’élection québécoise du 1er octobre 2018, la plupart des sondages et des projections laissaient croire à la formation d’un gouvernement caquiste ou libéral minoritaire (voir L’élection québécoise de 2018). Or, le parti de François Legault a rapidement distancé ses adversaires.   Sur bien des plans, l’élection de 2018 […] Read more