Chris Erl
Biographic Data
| ID | 3081818 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Erl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Erl |
| SIGNATURE | ERL C |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0351-8449 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Understanding Support for Municipal Political Parties
The province of Ontario, Canada, has a longstanding history of non-partisanship in municipal elections. In this distinctive context, we report results on citizen attitudes toward municipal partisanship using a survey of eligible voters in Canada's most populous province. Using a mixed-methods approach, we focus on three interrelated research questions. First, how much does citizen support for municipal parties depend on the type of party under co…
Resentment and Admiration
Public opinion toward teachers and other public sector workers is an important factor in Ontario provincial politics. This article uses public opinion data to measure, and identify the correlates of, resentment and admiration of these groups, and to identify the relationship between these attitudes and support for political parties in Ontario. Survey data from over 4,000 Ontarians, collected at the time of the 2022 provincial election, show that …
Reckless, cavalier, dismissive, petty and vengeful
The People and The Nation
Objective While Canada is commonly portrayed as a bastion of political moderation, two influential right‐wing populist (RWP) movements appeared in the past decade. This study examines support for the People's Party of Canada (PPC) and “Ford Nation” of the eponymous Toronto‐based political family, comparing each movement's supporters. Methods Data from the 2014 Toronto Election Study and 2019 Canadian Election Study were analyzed with logistic reg…
Where women stand
A notable gender gap in candidate selection still exists in Canada. While the five major political parties all used a similar decentralized candidate selection process in the 2015 Canadian federal election, the proportion of women candidates varied significantly by party. Placing the authority for selection with constituency-level party organizations limits the ability of parties to impose top-down gender parity policies and also, in principle, m…
The People and The Nation
Objective While Canada is commonly portrayed as a bastion of political moderation, two influential right‐wing populist (RWP) movements appeared in the past decade. This study examines support for the People's Party of Canada (PPC) and “Ford Nation” of the eponymous Toronto‐based political family, comparing each movement's supporters. Methods Data from the 2014 Toronto Election Study and 2019 Canadian Election Study were analyzed with logistic reg…
Where women stand
A notable gender gap in candidate selection still exists in Canada. While the five major political parties all used a similar decentralized candidate selection process in the 2015 Canadian federal election, the proportion of women candidates varied significantly by party. Placing the authority for selection with constituency-level party organizations limits the ability of parties to impose top-down gender parity policies and also, in principle, m…
Understanding Support for Municipal Political Parties
The province of Ontario, Canada, has a longstanding history of non-partisanship in municipal elections. In this distinctive context, we report results on citizen attitudes toward municipal partisanship using a survey of eligible voters in Canada's most populous province. Using a mixed-methods approach, we focus on three interrelated research questions. First, how much does citizen support for municipal parties depend on the type of party under co…
Where women stand
A notable gender gap in candidate selection still exists in Canada. While the five major political parties all used a similar decentralized candidate selection process in the 2015 Canadian federal election, the proportion of women candidates varied significantly by party. Placing the authority for selection with constituency-level party organizations limits the ability of parties to impose top-down gender parity policies and also, in principle, m…
The People and The Nation
Objective While Canada is commonly portrayed as a bastion of political moderation, two influential right‐wing populist (RWP) movements appeared in the past decade. This study examines support for the People's Party of Canada (PPC) and “Ford Nation” of the eponymous Toronto‐based political family, comparing each movement's supporters. Methods Data from the 2014 Toronto Election Study and 2019 Canadian Election Study were analyzed with logistic reg…
Reckless, cavalier, dismissive, petty and vengeful
Resentment and Admiration
Public opinion toward teachers and other public sector workers is an important factor in Ontario provincial politics. This article uses public opinion data to measure, and identify the correlates of, resentment and admiration of these groups, and to identify the relationship between these attitudes and support for political parties in Ontario. Survey data from over 4,000 Ontarians, collected at the time of the 2022 provincial election, show that …
Understanding Support for Municipal Political Parties
The province of Ontario, Canada, has a longstanding history of non-partisanship in municipal elections. In this distinctive context, we report results on citizen attitudes toward municipal partisanship using a survey of eligible voters in Canada's most populous province. Using a mixed-methods approach, we focus on three interrelated research questions. First, how much does citizen support for municipal parties depend on the type of party under co…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (3 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (2 works) · Law (2 works)