Past and present election campaigns suggest Canadians will only tolerate negative campaigns if they aren’t overly mean-spirited.
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Beyond the ethical questions raised by an ad suggesting the prime minister doesn’t believe in sending sex offenders to prison is the matter of whether such negative campaigning even works.
Think American democracy is ending? You’re not alone, writes a historian. American leaders have often yielded to despair – as far back as the founding of the republic.

