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

Losers’ consent in a deliberative assembly André Blais – Université de Montréal, Jean-François Daoust – Université de Sherbrooke, Dassonneville, Ruth – Université de Montréal, and Patrick Fournier – Université de Montréal We examine losers’ reactions to the votes taken in a citizen deliberative assembly. A citizen assembly on issues related to local electoral democracy was organized […] Read more

“Citizens’ Perceptions of Parties’ Positions in a Multidimensional Space” Dassonneville, Ruth (Université de Montréal), Patrick Fournier (Université de Montréal), and Zeynep Somer-Topcu (University of Texas at Austin) Read more

An ideological trade-off: Electoral consequences of consistent and responsive party strategies Jasmien Luypaert – PhD Candidate at Gent University Political parties face a difficult balancing act when making electoral calculations. They must weigh the benefits of offering policy positions in line with their ideological heritage and traditionally bind their party base, against the need to […] Read more

Between decentralization and asymmetry: Explaining preferences about the division of power in Canada Philippe Chassé (Université de Montréal et Sciences Po Paris), Olivier Jacques (Université de Montréal) et Colin Scott (Université Concordia) In most federations, the division of power between central and subnational governments represents an important cleavage structuring voting and party systems. Subnational units […] Read more

Crowdsourcing or Educated Guessing? Election Forecasting, Sophistication, and Aggregation Philippe Mongrain, Nadjim Fréchet, Brian Thompson Collart, and Yannick Dufresne Many studies, primarily of American, British, and Canadian elections, have shown citizens’ forecasts to be an efficient prediction tool. Not only are citizens quite astute at guessing which candidate or party will prevail at the national […] Read more

On the same page? Black voters in Canada and the United Kingdom: A comparative study with African-Americans  Nadjim Fréchet – PhD Candidate at Université de Montréal American political science literature shows that African-Americans form one of the most consistent voting blocs in Western democracies. If elite mobilization and a common historical background can explain African-Americans’ […] Read more