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Provincial elections: A Neglected Treasure Trove Richard Johnston UBC Provincial Election Studies Ontario 1968, 1977 2002 (Cutler & Lyle) BC 1979-80 Quebec sovereignty study 1995 ..... ...........


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Provincial elections: A Neglected Treasure Trove

Richard Johnston UBC

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Provincial Election Studies

  • Ontario 1968, 1977
  • 2002 (Cutler & Lyle)
  • BC 1979-80
  • Quebec sovereignty study 1995
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  • Saskatchewan 2011
  • Making Electoral Democracy Work
  • Ontario 2011, Quebec 2012
  • Vote Compass
  • Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, BC
  • Comparative Provincial Election Project
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CES Cumulative file, 1965-2011

province | Freq. Percent Cum.

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10 | 1,480 3.10 3.10 11 | 1,349 2.83 5.93 12 | 1,828 3.83 9.76 13 | 1,822 3.82 13.58 24 | 12,630 26.48 40.06 35 | 13,745 28.81 68.87 46 | 2,446 5.13 74.00 47 | 2,367 4.96 78.96 48 | 4,235 8.88 87.84 59 | 5,612 11.76 99.61 60 | 90 0.19 99.80 61 | 97 0.20 100.00

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Total | 47,701 100.00

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Marginal effect

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% Catholic in province Federal Provincial

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% Catholic in province Federal Provincial

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FIGURE 6 The Provincial “Counterfactual” II Conditional Impact of Union Membership and Religious Context,1965-2011

Note: Data from Canadian Election S estimation by probit with stacked dat census data by province and duplicat tion Studies and from the census in corresponding years. Quebec and Catholic respondents excluded. Underlying ked data. Vertical bars are 95% confidence intervals, based on asymptotic standard errors reflecting clustering of nd duplication of independent variables across stacks.

Using provincial elections to understand federal ones

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ResLastCall | Date | Freq. Percent Cum.

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2.01e+07 | 36 3.57 3.57 2.01e+07 | 36 3.57 7.14 2.01e+07 | 30 2.98 10.12 2.01e+07 | 36 3.57 13.69 2.01e+07 | 37 3.67 17.36 2.01e+07 | 57 5.65 23.02 2.01e+07 | 21 2.08 25.10 2.01e+07 | 68 6.75 31.85 2.01e+07 | 32 3.17 35.02 2.01e+07 | 23 2.28 37.30 2.01e+07 | 26 2.58 39.88 2.01e+07 | 19 1.88 41.77 2.01e+07 | 23 2.28 44.05 2.01e+07 | 24 2.38 46.43 2.01e+07 | 40 3.97 50.40 2.01e+07 | 37 3.67 54.07 2.01e+07 | 41 4.07 58.13 2.01e+07 | 36 3.57 61.71 2.01e+07 | 34 3.37 65.08 2.01e+07 | 27 2.68 67.76 2.01e+07 | 25 2.48 70.24 2.01e+07 | 29 2.88 73.12 2.01e+07 | 37 3.67 76.79 2.01e+07 | 34 3.37 80.16 2.01e+07 | 37 3.67 83.83 2.01e+07 | 42 4.17 88.00 2.01e+07 | 32 3.17 91.17 2.01e+07 | 37 3.67 94.84 2.01e+07 | 52 5.16 100.00

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Total | 1,008 100.00

Pre-election

Elections BC, 2013

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Did | Respondent | Vote | Freq. Percent Cum.

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0 | 1,000 50.00 50.00 1 | 1,000 50.00 100.00

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Total | 2,000 100.00

Post-election

Elections BC, 2013

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Vote Compass

0.10 0.25 0.40 0.55 0.70

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0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 Proportion intending to vote for party 1 8 15 22 29 Days to election Liberal NDP

Smoothing by loess bandwidth = 0.20

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Province | Freq. Percent Cum.

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Ontario | 1,044 26.10 26.10 pei | 509 12.72 38.83 nfld | 851 21.27 60.10 mb | 775 19.38 79.47 sk | 821 20.52 100.00

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Total | 4,000 100.00

CPEP public use data set