GeneralProfiles in CitizenshipTurnout in yesterday’s parliamentary election in Iraq reached 62.4 per cent despite a concerted effort to intimidate voters and...
OttawaMore on fixing the voters: the B.C. evidenceThe BC Stats 2009 Elections BC Post-Election Voter/Non-Voter Satisfaction Survey adds some heft, I think, to my post yesterday on...
UncategorizedTo the extremeBrian Topp, in conversation with Douglas Bell, considers what declining voter turnout means for our politics.
UncategorizedGoverning with consent (II)As he notes in the comments, Mike of the Don Street Blog, looked at these numbers nearly a year ago. And produced a handy line...
UncategorizedGoverning with consentLast week, Mark Donald heralded a "tide of ennui." This week, Andrew Coyne writes , somewhat less satirically, of our...
UncategorizedKids these daysLawrence Martin laments that all the kids want to do is laugh at their smut. Alison Loat suggests the kids and their smut are not...
GeneralWill this week in politics be good for democracy?After every election, with no knock-out punch landed, an appeal to vote-rich Ontario made, and the "most negative campaign in...
OttawaThe decline and fall of Canadian democracyI’ve seen this graph in a couple of places, but as someone sent it to me I’ll post it here. It combines falling turnout with...