Do Unfounded Claims of Election Fraud Influence the Likelihood of Voting? Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau (Université de Montréal) The legitimacy of the electoral process is often put into question by political candidates and elites who seek to account for their loss. As a result, a significant portion of voters are presented with unfounded allegations of widespread election […] Read more

Striking a Political Chord: The Effect of Musical Preferences on Voting Intentions in Canada Catherine Ouellet (University of Toronto)Nadjim Fréchet (Université de Montréal)Yannick Dufresne (Université de Laval) Music is arguably one of the most meaningful and widespread forms of communication. There is also extensive evidence that musical taste is often revealing of values, personality traits, […] Read more

Assemblée citoyenne sur la démocratie électorale municipale André Blais (Université de Montréal) Je vais présenter un projet de recherche que je compte mener en 2023 sur la démocratie électorale municipale. Il s’agira de mener un exercice de délibération citoyenne dans une municipalité québécoise. Une centaine de citoyens seront invités à réfléchir, discuter et faire une […] Read more

The voting advice applications’ match effects on pre-voters Laura Uyttendaele (Université catholique de Louvain) The Test électoral is a Voting Advice Application (VAA) providing citizens with personalized information on their ideological profile by comparing their positions on a selection of political issues with those of parties. Scholars agree that VAAs have the potential to assist young people […] Read more

I’m a Loser? Unexpected Election Outcomes and Satisfaction with Democracy Philippe Mongrain (Université de Montréal) A great amount of research has noted the existence of a gap between winners and losers in relation to satisfaction with democracy and other political attitudes. One aspect of the winner–loser gap that has been overlooked is the impact of […] Read more

Black Canadian Lives Matter in Public Opinion Nadjim Fréchet (Université de Montréal) Political cleavages, the relevance of the old ones like the emergence of new ones, are still highly debated in the literature since the canonical work of Lipset and Rokkan (1967). Some political scientists believe important sociodemographic changes in Western democracies might create political […] Read more

Polarization and the structure of multidimensional party competition in Europe Jelle Koedam (University of Zurich)Garret Binding (University of Zurich)Marco Steenbergen (University of Zurich) Ideological polarization is a key quality of any democratic system. While pluralism is necessary for electoral competition to function, there is growing concern over the increased division and fragmentation of today’s political landscape. In […] Read more

Getting the most out of comparative vote switching data: A new framework for studying dynamic multi-party competition Denis Cohen (University of Mannheim)Werner Krause (Humboldt University of Berlin)Tarik Abou-Chadi (University of Oxford) Large literatures on party competition and voting behavior focus on voter reactions to parties’ policy strategies, agency, or legislative performance. While many inquiries make […] Read more

Do people vote to avoid disapproval? A study of partisan pressure and social norms in Austria Maxime Coulombe (Université de Montréal),André Blais (Université de Montréal)Ruth Dassonneville (Université de Montréal) Recent studies have highlighted how descriptive and injunctive norms matter for turnout. We aim in this research to expand our understanding of these relationships in two […] Read more

How Fathers’ Leave Shapes Attitudes Toward Gender Equality  Jonathan Homola (Rice University)Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford)Margit Tavits (Washington University in St. Louis)Dalston Ward (ETH Zurich) Stereotypical attitudes about gender roles help sustain inequalities, which favor men over women in the social, economic, and political domains. We explore whether exposure to counter-stereotypical gender roles reduces traditional gender […] Read more