Happiness, Anger, and Satisfaction with Democracy: Unravelling the Emotional Drivers of the Winner-Loser Gap Bjarn Eck-Université Libre de Bruxelles Elections boost satisfaction with democracy, but more strongly for electoral winners than for electoral losers. While the presence of the winner-loser gap is widely acknowledged, its underlying mechanisms remain less understood. One prominent explanation emphasizes the […] Read more
La participation électorale des personnes immigrantes au Canada Mélyann Guévremont-Université de Sherbrooke et Jean-François Daoust-Université de Sherbrooke Studying electoral participation is essential. This research project aims to better understand the individual factors associated with the electoral participation of a group known to be less politically active in Canada, despite its growing demographic importance: immigrants. First, […] Read more
Distinct Strategy, Same Partisanship? Policy Stances and Expressive Partisanship in Canadian Elections Alvaro Pereira Filho-University of Western Ontario Partisanship in Canada is considered weaker than in the US. However, recent studies demonstrate that partisan-motivated reasoning, affective polarization, and emotional-driven voting are common phenomena among voters, which suggests a stronger partisanship to Canadian parties. Despite these […] Read more
Piercing the Fog of War – Tracking. Public Opinion with New Online Data Roberto Foa-Cambridge This event is co-organized with the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (CSDC) Read more
Do citizens perceive an empty left-authoritarian quadrant? Citizen perceptions of parties’ positions in a multi-dimensional space Ruth Dassonneville-Université de Montréal, Patrick Fournier-Université de Montréal, and Zeynep Somer-Topcu-University of Texas at Austin Given that few parties in advanced democracies take positions in the left- authoritarian quadrant of a two-dimensional space, citizens that combine eco- nomically left […] Read more