Political science;To what extent can we expect future Canadian elections to be fought on left/right issues?
Term Paper selected topic
– Throughout the twentieth century, Canada was remarkable for the extent that non-left issues affected election results. In the 2000s it looked like Canadian federal elections were starting to be influenced by left/right politics, though the 2015 election may cast some doubt on that trend.
Q1: To what extent can we expect future Canadian elections to be fought on left/right issues?
Q2: To what extent should we expect non-left/right issues to shape future elections?
– The essay should be written from the perspective of a person holding the position of Platform and Strategic Positioning in a simulated elections campaign)
– Details and precise historical, as well as current examples, are always appreciated.
References to the sources required for the essay:
Course Readings List
1. Johnston, Richard and Janet Ballantyne. (1977). “Geography and the Electoral System.” Canadian Journal of Political Science. 10(4): 857-866.
2. Nadeau, Richard and Frédéric Bastian. (2017). “Political Campaigning.” In Canadian Parties in Transition Fourth Edition. Alain Gagnon and Brian Tanguay (Eds.) Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
3. Blais, André. (2005). “Accounting for the Electoral Success of the Liberal Party in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Political Science. 38(4): 821-840.
4. White, Stephen. (2017). “Canadian Ethnocultural Diversity and Federal Party Support: The Dynamics of Liberal Partisanship in Immigrant Communities.” PS: Political Science and Politics. 50(3): 708-711.
5. Marwah, Inder, Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, and Stephen White. (2013). “Immigration, Citizenship and Canada’s New Conservative Party.” In Conservatism in Canada. James Farney and David Rayside (Eds.) Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
6. Goodyear-Grant, Elizabeth. (2013). “Women Voters, Candidates, and Legislators: A Gender Perspective on Recent Party and Electoral Politics.” In Parties, Elections, and the Future of Canadian Politics. Vancouver: UBC Press.
7. Johnston, Richard. (2017). “Liberal Centrism and Polarized Pluralism.” In The Canadian Party System: An Analytic History. Vancouver: UBC Press.
8. Flanagan, Tom. (2014). “Strategy II: Triage and Concentration.” In Winning Power: Canadian Campaigning in the Twenty-First Century. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
9. Delacourt, Susan. (2016). “Ready.” In Shopping for Votes: How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them Second Edition. Madeira Park: Douglas and McIntyre.
10. Marland, Alex. (2016) “Brand Discipline and Debranding.” In Brand Command Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control. Vancouver: UBC Press.
11. Fournier, Patrick, Fred Cutler, Stuart Soroka, and Dietlind Stolle. (2013). “Riding the Orange Wave: Leadership, Values, Issues, and the 2011 Canadian Election.” Canadian Journal of Political Science. 46(4): 863-897.
12. Flanagan, Tom. (2009). “Riding the Waves: The 1993 Election.” In Waiting for the Wave: The Reform Party and the Conservative Movement. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Outside Readings List
1. Bittner, Amanda. (2018). “Leaders Always Mattered: The Persistence of Personality in Canadian Elections.” Electoral Studies. 54. 297-302.
2. Chong, Dennis and James Druckman. (2007). “Framing Public Opinion in Competitive Democracies.” American Political Science Review. 101(4): 637-655.
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