Issue Ownership in the 2022 Election

By Simon J. Kiss, Jason Roy and Matthew R. Arp One of the more important dynamics of modern elections is the phenomenon of the “ballot question”. Parties, journalists and voters wrangle over what an election is “about”. The reason so […]

The Ontario Election and the Strategic Vote Option

There has been much talk of “strategic” or “tactical” voting in this spring’s Ontario election.  While definitions vary, political scientists usually reserve the term for situations in which a voter supports a party that is not his or her most […]