Understanding Support for Municipal Political Parties: Evidence from Canada
Michael McGregor,
Jack Lucas,
Chris Erl
et al.
Abstract:The province of Ontario, Canada, has a longstanding history of non-partisanship in municipal elections. In this distinctive context, we report results on citizen attitudes toward municipal partisanship using a survey of eligible voters in Canada's most populous province. Using a mixed-methods approach, we focus on three interrelated research questions. First, how much does citizen support for municipal parties depend on the type of party under consideration? Second, what reasons do citizens provide for their p… Show more
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