Campaign organizers and the media appear to agree that voters' perceptions of party
leaders have an important impact in elections: considerable effort is made to ensure that …

Coming out of the 2000 Canadian federal election, the dominance of the Liberal Party
seemed assured. By 2011 the situation had completely reversed: the Liberals suffered a …

Abstract Did Canadian voters choose Justin Trudeau in 2015, or did they choose the Liberal
Party? Did British voters choose David Cameron in 2014, or did they choose to be led by a …

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016 An overview of the history of elections and voting in
Canada, including minority governments, dynasties, and social movements. Dynasties and …

This review surveys the literature on vote choice in Canada. It highlights key findings
regarding a variety of factors that influence Canadians' vote choice, while also suggesting …

From the moment Donald Trump declared his candidacy in the run up to the 2016 American
election, his personality was front and centre. Voters were prompted from the get-go to …

Election forecasting has become a fixture of election campaigns in a number of
democracies. Structural modeling, the major approach to forecasting election results, relies …

Election forecasting is now a thriving discipline in the United States, where a large number
of different models are being used to forecast the outcome of congressional elections or the …

As Canadian politics becomes increasingly leader-centric, the news media plays an
important role in how voters internalise the personalities, policy priorities, and leadership …