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Star Political Candidates In Canada, Mateo Larrazabal
Star Political Candidates In Canada, Mateo Larrazabal
Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference
A brief overview of the work that I completed over the Summer of 2021. I examined star political candidates in Canada, a field in political science that has not been researched thoroughly nationally. I discuss a few of the key findings in my blog post and offer a brief overview of everything in my video.
Maximizing Electoral Participation: How Accessibility And Outreach Factors Impact Electoral Participation In Online Elections, Christopher Casale
Maximizing Electoral Participation: How Accessibility And Outreach Factors Impact Electoral Participation In Online Elections, Christopher Casale
MPA Major Research Papers
Online voting in Canadian municipalities has proven to result in at least some moderate increase in the number of individuals participating in a given election. What is less apparent is how the implementation of these voting solutions affects voter turnout. This paper seeks to answer the question, what accessibility and outreach factors maximize voter turnout in online elections. This text will analyze six Ontario municipalities who have implemented internet voting for the first time in 2018. Assessing the effectiveness of their voter engagement strategies for that election period.
Political Practice: The Career Mobility And Ambitions Of Local Councillors, Rachel Nauta
Political Practice: The Career Mobility And Ambitions Of Local Councillors, Rachel Nauta
MPA Major Research Papers
This research project explores the career ambitions of local politicians to seek office at higher levels of government. Testing theories from existing political ambition research in other jurisdictions, the paper explores factors of political ambition in Ontario through a survey of first-time local councillors and an archival study of past multi-level political careers. Success in politics can follow many paths, but results from the survey indicate that councillors who were younger, male, extraverted, and involved in partisan political activities were more likely to have ambitions for higher office. Further, while American political careers tend to move upward from local to …
2021 C-Dem Virtual Partner Forum May 10, 2021, Consortium On Electoral Democracy
2021 C-Dem Virtual Partner Forum May 10, 2021, Consortium On Electoral Democracy
Meeting Notes
No abstract provided.
C-Dem Advisory Council Meeting Notes February 22, 2021, Consortium On Electoral Democracy
C-Dem Advisory Council Meeting Notes February 22, 2021, Consortium On Electoral Democracy
Meeting Notes
No abstract provided.
C-Dem Annual Report 2021, Allison Harell, Laura Stephenson
C-Dem Annual Report 2021, Allison Harell, Laura Stephenson
Annual Reports
No abstract provided.