Long neglected by scholars of Canadian political behaviour, local elections are an increasingly popular area of research, offering an invaluable opportunity to answer important questions about the attitudes, behaviour, and motivations of Canadian electors. The Canadian Municipal Election Study (CMES) has collected unparalleled individual-level survey data in eight major Canadian municipal elections: Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, London, Mississauga, Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City. These elections, which took place in 2017 and 2018, were high-profile, contentious, and often surprising, featuring mayoral defeats, record-breaking turnout, provincial-municipal tensions, and the first ranked-ballot election in Canada in decades. Combining unprecedented individual-level survey data from the CMES with local expertise from political scientists across Canada, Big City Elections in Canada provides a data-driven overview of each election while also highlighting the more general lessons that they teach us about municipal politics and voting behaviour. The chapters in this book make substantial empirical and theoretical contributions to the voting behaviour and urban political science subfields and will appeal to students, journalists, and engaged citizens who are interested in learning more about municipal elections in their cities.

Book Information
ISBN 9781487528553
Author Jack Lucas
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint University of Toronto Press
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Weight(grams) 152g