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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:08:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/b-c-mountain-resort-has-mayor-but-no-voters-in-area-home-to-grizzlies-and-goats/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/b-c-mountain-resort-has-mayor-but-no-voters-in-area-home-to-grizzlies-and-goats/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:10:51 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=317036 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/b-c-mountain-resort-has-mayor-but-no-voters-in-area-home-to-grizzlies-and-goats/feed/ 0 INVERMERE, B.C. – British Columbia’s newest mountain resort municipality now has a mayor and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/will-no-one-rid-us-of-these-turnout-nerds/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/will-no-one-rid-us-of-these-turnout-nerds/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:11:02 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=241484 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/will-no-one-rid-us-of-these-turnout-nerds/feed/ 0 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? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/the-kids-are-you-know-fine-and-stuff-i-guess/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/the-kids-are-you-know-fine-and-stuff-i-guess/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:00:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227174 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/the-kids-are-you-know-fine-and-stuff-i-guess/feed/ 4 Elections Canada has released its national survey of young adults. Three-quarters of them claim... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/25/our-gerontocracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/25/our-gerontocracy/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:33:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221484 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/25/our-gerontocracy/feed/ 12 Frank Graves considers the ramifications of declining voter turnout. Have we passed the brink... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/the-patient-is-unresponsive/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/the-patient-is-unresponsive/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:43:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=220220 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/the-patient-is-unresponsive/feed/ 1 Jane Hilderman argues that people won’t vote if they don’t think the system is... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/12/how-low-can-we-go/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/12/how-low-can-we-go/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:41:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219594 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/12/how-low-can-we-go/feed/ 9 Kate Chappell relates a tale from the polling station. Civic education from an early... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/ontarians-voting-with-their-butts-for-nobody/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/ontarians-voting-with-their-butts-for-nobody/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:08:51 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219241 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/ontarians-voting-with-their-butts-for-nobody/feed/ 95 Get ready for the Voter Turnout Nerds: you'll be hearing from them today http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/17/the-popular-mandate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/17/the-popular-mandate/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 19:42:03 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192279 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/17/the-popular-mandate/feed/ 38 I ran these sorts of numbers a few years ago, so, for the sake... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/two-recounts/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/two-recounts/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 16:12:12 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189605 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/two-recounts/feed/ 4 There will be two automatic recounts—in Etobicoke Centre where the Conservative candidate beat a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/one-unquestionably-good-thing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/one-unquestionably-good-thing/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 12:56:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189536 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/one-unquestionably-good-thing/feed/ 47 Voter turnout was up, if only slightly—from 59% to 61%.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/18/the-student-vote/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/18/the-student-vote/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:05:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=185466 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/18/the-student-vote/feed/ 23 Sarah Millar asks an important question: will vote mobs mean actual votes? Small said... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/25/the-social-disconnect/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/25/the-social-disconnect/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:27:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=168592 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/25/the-social-disconnect/feed/ 29 Tasha Kheiriddin considers apathy. According to Ilona Dougherty, executive director and co-founder of Apathy... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/16/the-voting-age-should-it-be-raised-to-50/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/16/the-voting-age-should-it-be-raised-to-50/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:03:46 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=164085 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/16/the-voting-age-should-it-be-raised-to-50/feed/ 70 Makes about as much sense as lowering it to 16 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/16/united-in-apathy-and-distraction/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/16/united-in-apathy-and-distraction/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:21:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=142848 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/16/united-in-apathy-and-distraction/feed/ 0 WHERRY: Voter turnout philosophies and realities in Canada http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/16/get-out-the-vote/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/16/get-out-the-vote/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:30:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=138627 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/16/get-out-the-vote/feed/ 0 Eric at 308 takes a shot at adjusting polls for voter turnout trends. First,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/08/profiles-in-citizenship/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/08/profiles-in-citizenship/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:58:57 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=114539 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/08/profiles-in-citizenship/feed/ 25 Turnout in yesterday’s parliamentary election in Iraq reached 62.4 per cent despite a concerted... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/25/more-on-fixing-the-voters-the-b-c-evidence/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/25/more-on-fixing-the-voters-the-b-c-evidence/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:31:01 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=83967 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/25/more-on-fixing-the-voters-the-b-c-evidence/feed/ 28 The BC Stats 2009 Elections BC Post-Election Voter/Non-Voter Satisfaction Survey adds some heft, I... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/18/to-the-extreme/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/18/to-the-extreme/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:24:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=82923 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/18/to-the-extreme/feed/ 9 Brian Topp, in conversation with Douglas Bell, considers what declining voter turnout means for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/31/governing-with-consent-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/31/governing-with-consent-ii/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:21:24 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=78750 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/31/governing-with-consent-ii/feed/ 3 As he notes in the comments, Mike of the Don Street Blog, looked at... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/28/governing-with-consent/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/28/governing-with-consent/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:01:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=78600 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/28/governing-with-consent/feed/ 31 Last week, Mark Donald heralded a “tide of ennui.” This week, Andrew Coyne writes,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/17/kids-these-days-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/17/kids-these-days-2/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:34:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=76369 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/17/kids-these-days-2/feed/ 17 Lawrence Martin laments that all the kids want to do is laugh at their... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/04/will-this-week-in-politics-be-good-for-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/04/will-this-week-in-politics-be-good-for-democracy/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:56:09 +0000 Stephen Taylor http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=22367 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/04/will-this-week-in-politics-be-good-for-democracy/feed/ 0 After every election, with no knock-out punch landed, an appeal to vote-rich Ontario made,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/21/dont-rock-the-vote/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/21/dont-rock-the-vote/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:31:47 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=18979 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/21/dont-rock-the-vote/feed/ 0 Why Charest is better off with a low turnout at the polls http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/23/the-decline-and-fall-of-canadian-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/23/the-decline-and-fall-of-canadian-democracy/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:47:39 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=13804 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/23/the-decline-and-fall-of-canadian-democracy/feed/ 86 I’ve seen this graph in a couple of places, but as someone sent it... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/17/megapundit-hard-to-starboard/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/17/megapundit-hard-to-starboard/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:49:05 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=13421 Must-reads: ...Chantal Hébert, Josée Legault and John Robson on the battle for the political]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/17/megapundit-hard-to-starboard/feed/ 10 Must-reads: ...Chantal Hébert, Josée Legault and John Robson on the battle for the political