Stereotypes and Stereotyping : Measuring the Accuracy of Lifestyle-Based Judgments on Political Affiliation Catherine Ouellet – Université de Montréal People often draw inferences about others’ underlying characteristics from single and static samples of their appearance, such as facial features, or attractiveness. Evidence also suggests that these judgments occur spontaneously and rapidly. Are humans also able to […] Read more

The Football Effect: Comparing anti-immigrant attitudes between fans and non-fans  Daniel Stockemer – University of Ottawa In times of “polycrisis”, immigration is a salient issue in many European countries, which large segment of the population being critical toward immigrants. Based on theories of identity formation through habitualisation, we posit that football fandom – a ubiquitous, […] Read more

Quelle démocratie? Ce que disent les experts, ce que pense la population Claire Durand – Université de Montréal Many international projects – Freedom House, Polity 4, V_DEM, The Economist EIU index, IDEA’s Global State of Democracy – offer various indices of the level of democracy in most countries around the world. These indices are used […] Read more

Public and Elite Attitudes Toward Government Paternalism Clareta Treger – University of Toronto Paternalistic policies, namely policies that aim to save individuals from their own behavior, are prevalent in public policy. Such policies vary in their coerciveness, ranging from mere information interventions to outright bans. Examples include cigarette labeling, sugar taxes, mandatory retirement savings, and […] Read more

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