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

Multidimensional Party Competition and Out-Partisan Hostility Semih Cakir-University of Vienna and Markus Wagner-University of Vienna Hostility towards supporters of opposing political parties has been a subject of considerable scholarly attention. Existing research suggests that elite ideological polarization is key determinant of out-partisan dislike. However, the impact of party behavior in a multidimensional political space is […] Read more

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

Ruth Dassonneville is one of the 2024 co-recipients of the Emerging Scholar Award, from the Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior section of the American Political Science Association. For the announcement, see here. More information on this award and a list of previous recipients can be found here. Read more

Several members of the chair have participated in the student conference organized by the Université de Montréal political science student associations which took place on May 13-15, 2024. Congratulations to Virginie Vandewalle, who won the best paper prize in the category ‘Democracy and elections.’     Read more

The CSDC Graduate Student Conference took place on March 8-9, 2024 in Quebec city. Different chair members presented their work at the conference, and Matthew Taylor was awarded the prize for the best presentation by a PhD student. Congratulations Matthew!     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