Posts Tagged ‘voter turnout’
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B.C. mountain resort has mayor but no voters in area home to grizzlies and goats
INVERMERE, B.C. – British Columbia’s newest mountain resort municipality now has a mayor and…
by The Canadian Press - Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Will no one rid us of these turnout nerds?
Our voter-turnout figures are low by historical standards partly because we lowered the voting age in 1970. Why would lowering it again fix things?
by Colby Cosh - Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The kids are, you know, fine and stuff, I guess
Elections Canada has released its national survey of young adults. Three-quarters of them claim…
by Aaron Wherry - Monday, November 28, 2011
Our gerontocracy
Frank Graves considers the ramifications of declining voter turnout.
Have we passed the brink…by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The patient is unresponsive
Jane Hilderman argues that people won’t vote if they don’t think the system is…
by Aaron Wherry - Friday, October 14, 2011
How low can we go?
Kate Chappell relates a tale from the polling station.
Civic education from an early…by Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Ontarians: voting with their butts for Nobody
Get ready for the Voter Turnout Nerds: you’ll be hearing from them today
by Colby Cosh - Friday, October 7, 2011
The popular mandate
I ran these sorts of numbers a few years ago, so, for the sake…
by Erica Alini - Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Two recounts
There will be two automatic recounts—in Etobicoke Centre where the Conservative candidate beat a…
by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, May 3, 2011
One unquestionably good thing
Voter turnout was up, if only slightly—from 59% to 61%….
by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The student vote
Sarah Millar asks an important question: will vote mobs mean actual votes?
Small said…by Aaron Wherry - Monday, April 18, 2011
The social disconnect
Tasha Kheiriddin considers apathy.
According to Ilona Dougherty, executive director and co-founder of Apathy…by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The voting age: should it be raised to 50?
Makes about as much sense as lowering it to 16
by Colby Cosh - Thursday, December 16, 2010
United in apathy and distraction
WHERRY: Voter turnout philosophies and realities in Canada
by Aaron Wherry - Monday, August 16, 2010
Get out the vote
Eric at 308 takes a shot at adjusting polls for voter turnout trends.
First,…by Aaron Wherry - Friday, July 16, 2010
Profiles in Citizenship
Turnout in yesterday’s parliamentary election in Iraq reached 62.4 per cent despite a concerted…
by Andrew Potter - Monday, March 8, 2010
More on fixing the voters: the B.C. evidence
The BC Stats 2009 Elections BC Post-Election Voter/Non-Voter Satisfaction Survey adds some heft, I…
by John Geddes - Friday, September 25, 2009
To the extreme
Brian Topp, in conversation with Douglas Bell, considers what declining voter turnout means for…
by Aaron Wherry - Friday, September 18, 2009
Governing with consent (II)
As he notes in the comments, Mike of the Don Street Blog, looked at…
by Aaron Wherry - Monday, August 31, 2009
Governing with consent
Last week, Mark Donald heralded a “tide of ennui.” This week, Andrew Coyne writes,…
by Aaron Wherry - Friday, August 28, 2009
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