What is the story? These last 25 years, 20 referendums have been organized on whether the current set of voting rules should be replaced or not. Some of these referendums took place in long-standing and democracies such as the United Kingdom in 2011. In a recent paper accepted for publication in Public Choice, we use […]
By André Blais and Eric Guntermann (Université de Montréal) What is the story? In this blog post, we systematically analyze the results of all the polls released between the last federal election (May 2011) and the beginning of the present campaign (end of July 2015) to assess the influence of events on parties’ levels of […]
Mike Medeiros, McGill University Jean-Philippe Gauvin, University of Montreal Chris Chhim, McGill University What is the story? Politics in regions or countries with a salient ethno-regionalist cleavage take on a unique dynamic. In addition to ideological positioning on economic and social stances, centre-periphery issues add a third ideological dimension that needs to be considered for […]
Emilie van Haute, Université libre de Bruxelles What is MAPP and what we do? MAPP is a working group on Members and Activists of Political Parties. It brings together international scholars interested in the topics of party affiliation, membership and activism. Launched in May 2014, MAPP is also a 3-year research project aimed at ‘understanding […]
By Shane P. Singh, University of Georgia Note: an extended version of this blog post appeared earlier at Democratic Audit UK What is the story? On Election Day, vote shares translate into seats and power in accordance with the electoral rules. In the end, some parties perform well, others do not, and a new government […]
By Jean-François Daoust, University of Montreal What is the story? Despite the fact that the Quebec mass media often refer to strategic voting in their coverage of provincial elections, there is, to date, no research on that topic that specifically focuses on Quebec provincial elections. In a recently accepted article, I filled this gap in […]
By Rébecca Morency (Laval University) What is the story? On April 8-9 2015, MEDW co-organized a conference on the state of democracy in Quebec and Canada. Its goal was to assemble professors, politicians, and specialists from various associations of the civil society and from the media to discuss various issues related to the functioning of democracy. […]
David Lublin, Professor of Government in the School of Public Affairs at American University, is pleased to announce Quebec Vote, a new website in French and English containing constituency election results for all general elections to the National Assembly from 1966 through 2014. The database includes candidate names as well as votes cast in each […]
By Sarah Lachance (Laval University) What is the story? On April 8-9 2015, MEDW co-organized a conference on the state of democracy in Quebec and Canada. Its goal was to assemble professors, politicians, and specialists from various associations of the civil society and from the media to discuss various issues related to the functioning of […]
By Alexandre Blanchet, University of Montreal What is the story? On April 8-9 2015, MEDW co-organized a conference on the state of democracy in Quebec and Canada. Its goal was to assemble professors, politicians, and specialists from various associations of the civil society and from the media to discuss various issues related to the functioning […]
