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The four parties contesting the Farrer by-election: Liberal Party’s Angus Taylor, Nationals’ Matt Canavan, One Nation’s Pauline Hanson, and Independent Michelle Milthorpe. AAP Image/Susie Dodds

Coalition preferences could deliver a One Nation victory in Farrer by‑election

By preferencing and emulating One Nation, the Coalition is likely enhancing, rather than limiting, Pauline Hanson’s political influence.
Striking Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) workers on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in April 2023. Public sector voters in Canada are more inclined to support the NDP and the Liberals — not necessarily out of self-interest, but because they’re left-leaning politically. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

What Canada’s public sector voting divide could mean for future elections

New research suggests the government’s intention to reduce the size of the federal public service could very likely drive some Liberal voters back to the NDP in the next federal election.
Campaign signs are seen on lawns in the Toronto riding of Davenport on Canada’s federal election day in October 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim

Canada isn’t deeply polarized — yet. What new research reveals about partisan animosity

For now, the Canadian polarization story is one of caution, not crisis. Our political differences are real, but haven’t yet deeply divided us.
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa the morning after the Liberal Party won the Canadian federal election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

The impact of strategic voting in Canada

During Canada’s federal election campaign, the Liberals benefited from strategic voting, but it was the NDP that appeared to lose the most from this strategy.
Online ads are being targeted at clearly defined voter subgroups during the Canadian federal election campaign. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Michael Dwyer

Federal election: Conservatives and Liberals are targeting different generations and geographies online

Online social media ad purchases by the Conservative and Liberal parties reflect two different strategies aimed at different geographic areas and age demographics.

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