 Voters Lack Commitment: CanadaRichard Jenkins ()
A chapter in Public Opinion Polling in a Globalized World, 2008, pp 153-169 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Although the history of Canadian voter turnout is one of gradual decline, combined with election-to-election fluctuations, across a four election period turnout dropped by 15 points to 60.9 per cent in 2004. Turnout did rise somewhat in 2006, to 64.9 per cent, but did not return to previous levels. Although there are clearly long-term forces at play, they seem incapable of explaining such a dramatic fall. This chapter considers the dramatic decline from the perspective of a proprietary segmentation tool; Conversion Model.™ Using this approach reveals a disengaged, uncommitted electorate that represents a challenge to the future of democratic participation. The lack of a large committed group of Canadians combined with the large pool of people with a low commitment to voting is the key to understanding how turnout could have dropped so significantly so fast. In addition, the party competition and the reporting of polls during the election period are strongly related to the likelihood of voting with the Liberal Party enjoying a strong advantage of low turnout. Keywords: Electoral System; Voter Turnout; Political Engagement; Liberal Party; Federal Election (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-75753-5_10 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75753-5_10 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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