Business as Usual: The Determinants of Vote Choice in the 2021 Canadian Federal Election Matthew Taylor – PhD Candidat at Université de Montréal Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 federal election was unique in the history of Canada’s federal campaigns. In spite of the health crisis however, the results of the election belied […] Read more

Buy-in for Buyouts: Attitudes Toward Compensation for Reforms Vincent Arel-Bundock – Associate Professor at Université de Montréal Political reforms are often held up by concentrated interest groups who lobby to block change that would benefit the majority. One under-examined policy response is to compensate the recalcitrant group in exchange for agreeing to the reform. We […] Read more

The electoral performance of the revolutionary parties Jean Lachapelle – Associate Professor at Université de Montréal This presentation analyzes the consequences of violent revolutions on electoral competition in an authoritarian context through a study of Algeria. I present unpublished data on clashes between armed groups and law enforcement during the Algerian War of Independence, constructed […] Read more

Affective polarization towards voters and parties Ruth Dassonneville – Associate Professor at Univeristé de Montréal and Romain Lachat – Associate Professor at Sciences Po Paris, CEVIPOF Political scientists’ interest in the topic of affective polarization is rapidly growing. While early research on the topic focused on the US context, increasingly, affective polarization – that is […] Read more