McGregor Michael, Lucas Jack, Erl Chris, Anderson Cameron D
Politics and Public Administration, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Political Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Urban Aff Rev Thousand Oaks Calif. 2024 Sep;60(5):1382-1410. doi: 10.1177/10780874231224707. Epub 2024 Jan 15.
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 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.
加拿大安大略省在市政选举中有着长期的无党派历史。在这一独特背景下，我们通过对加拿大人口最多的省份的合格选民进行调查，报告公民对市政党派关系的态度结果。采用混合方法，我们关注三个相互关联的研究问题。第一，公民对市政政党的支持在多大程度上取决于所考虑政党的[此处原文缺失相关内容]？第二，公民对市政政党或独立候选人表示偏好的原因是什么？最后，支持市政政党的相关因素有哪些？我们发现对市政政党的支持很少，而且许多选民对选择独立候选人或政党都有复杂的原因。我们还确定了与支持政党相关的几个因素。这些结果深入描绘了安大略省对市政党派关系的态度，并表明公众舆论可能是维持安大略省无党派状态的一个被忽视的机制。
