How Changes in Government’s Head Empower Citizens: The Effect of Past Exposures to Electoral Turnovers on Support for Democracy Damien Bol – King’s College London From 3:30 to 4:30 P.M., in C-4019 A prevailing narrative suggests that citizens who live under democratic rule often take it for granted, potentially leading to backsliding. This paper advances […] Read more

Catalysts or conduits? Unpacking how personality traits shape perceptions and responses to social pressure to vote Maxime Coulombe – University of Western Ontario, Laura French Bourgeois – University of Western Ontario, Allison Harell – UQAM, Colin Scott – Concordia University, and Laura Stephenson – University of Western Ontario While previous work has shown that both […] Read more

Probing patrimony: does the accumulation of assets actually shape voting preferences?  Justin Robinson – University of York, Pavlos Vasilopoulos – University of York, and Sofia Vasilopoulou – King’s College London Three-dimensional models of economic voting behaviour posit that patrimony – or the ownership of assets such as property, business or stocks – shape party preferences. […] Read more

Regionalism(s) Within a Region: Regionalism and Political Attitudes in Quebec Thomas Gareau-Paquette – McGill and Jean-François Daoust (Université de Sherbrooke) An important scholarship focuses on regionalism(s) in Canadian politics, but examines differences at the country-wide level, leaving the exploration of regional dynamics within provinces largely unaddressed. In this research, we examine the political geography of […] Read more

Analyse des Cahiers de Scrutin du Bas-Canada Jean-François Godbout – Université de Montréal This project aims to construct and analyze an exhaustive database of poll books from Lower Canada. In total, this cumulative file should include the votes of more than 80,000 voters between 1792 and 1844. The objective is to study electoral behavior and […] Read more

Political Party or Policy Position? The Role of Policy Partisanship and Party Cues in Voter Decision-Making Thomas Galipeau – University of Toronto, Sarah Lachance, Thomas Bergeron, Natasha Goel, Mujahedul Islam, Blake Lee-Whiting, Beatrice Magistro, Semra Sevi, and Peter J. Loewen Whether political party or policy position matters more to vote choice is a long-standing debate in political science. […] Read more

Losers’ consent in a deliberative assembly André Blais – Université de Montréal, Jean-François Daoust – Université de Sherbrooke, Dassonneville, Ruth – Université de Montréal, and Patrick Fournier – Université de Montréal We examine losers’ reactions to the votes taken in a citizen deliberative assembly. A citizen assembly on issues related to local electoral democracy was organized […] Read more

“Citizens’ Perceptions of Parties’ Positions in a Multidimensional Space” Dassonneville, Ruth (Université de Montréal), Patrick Fournier (Université de Montréal), and Zeynep Somer-Topcu (University of Texas at Austin) Read more

An ideological trade-off: Electoral consequences of consistent and responsive party strategies Jasmien Luypaert – PhD Candidate at Gent University Political parties face a difficult balancing act when making electoral calculations. They must weigh the benefits of offering policy positions in line with their ideological heritage and traditionally bind their party base, against the need to […] Read more

Between decentralization and asymmetry: Explaining preferences about the division of power in Canada Philippe Chassé (Université de Montréal et Sciences Po Paris), Olivier Jacques (Université de Montréal) et Colin Scott (Université Concordia) In most federations, the division of power between central and subnational governments represents an important cleavage structuring voting and party systems. Subnational units […] Read more