Understanding Support for Municipal Political Parties

Evidence from Canada

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6404497
AutoresR Michael Mcgregor (0000-0003-3845-0042, Politics and Public Administration, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, autor correspondente), J Lucas (0000-0002-3498-7267, Political Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada), Chris Erl (0000-0003-0351-8449, Politics and Public Administration, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Cameron D Anderson (0000-0002-4334-5696, Political Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada)
Ano2024
Volume60
Fascículo5
Páginas1382-1410
Data de publicação2024-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10780874231224707
PMID39130532
OpenAlexW4390892399
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas30

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 consideration? Second, what reasons do citizens provide for their preference for either municipal political parties or independents? Finally, what are the correlates of support for municipal parties? We find little support for municipal political parties, and that many voters have sophisticated reasons for preferring either independents or parties. We also identify several factors associated with support for parties. These results provide an in-depth picture of attitudes on municipal partisanship in Ontario, and suggest that public opinion may provide an overlooked mechanism that maintains Ontario's non-partisanship

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