Previous studies conclude that governments fulfill a large share of their campaign pledges.
However, only a minority of voters believe that politicians try to keep their promises, and …

This study investigates the relationship between personality and political careers. Drawing
on a unique survey of municipal candidates from two Canadian provinces (N= 1193) and …

Today, regional parties in India win nearly as many votes as national parties. In Why
Regional Parties?, Professor Adam Ziegfeld questions the conventional wisdom that …

Drawing on a unique survey experiment in the 2011 Canadian Election Study data set, this
paper examines the ways in which racial cues influence attitudes towards redistributive …

Despite the resources devoted to microtargeting in recent election campaigns, we still have
a limited understanding of its impacts on the electorate. This article aims to test the …

The COVID‐19 public health pandemic has seen governments spend trillions of dollars to
limit the spread of the COVID‐19 virus as well as to soften the economic blow from the …

Despite more than a decade of heightened defence spending and active fighting in the War
in Afghanistan, the longest combat operation in the history of the Canadian Forces, scholars …

Abstract Language policies are important sociopolitical features of multilingual countries.
Not only do they regulate relations with governmental authorities, but they can also impact …

The article addresses ongoing debates in the study of political knowledge and voting
behavior. The article identifies significant divergences in previous work which may explain …

While the number of women standing as candidates in federal elections in Canada has
surged, it is unclear how voters respond to the increased presence of women in politics. In …