Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. The Puzzle of Elections and Voting in Canada 1
7. Long-Standing Attachments and Voting
8. Who Votes for Women Candidates and Why? Evidence from Recent Canadian Elections 43
9. The New Immigrant Voter, 1965-2004: The Emergence of a New Liberal Partisan? 65
10. The Catholic-Liberal Connection: A Test of Strength 86
11. Parties and Partisans: The Influence of Ideology and Brokerage on the Durability of Partisanship in Canada 107
12. Short-Term Influences on Voting Behaviour
13. Economic Voting in Canada: Assessing the Effects of Subjective Perceptions and Electoral Context 139
14. Third-Party Support in Canadian Elections: The Role of the Economy 163
15. Personality Matters: The Evaluation of Party Leaders in Canadian Elections 183
16. Proximate Considerations in Vote Choice
17. Enlightenment, Equalization, or What? Campaigns, Learning, and the Economy in Canadian Elections 211
18. Election Campaign Polls and Democracy in Canada: Examining the Evidence behind the Common Claims 242
19. Reflecting on Lessons from the Canadian Voter 279
20. Contributors 290
21. Index 293