POL214Y1 Lecture : pol214 - november 30th.docx
20 Mar 2012
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Lecture november 30th, 2010 political parties. Impact of electoral system/alternatives to first past post. Politics believe there is influence: no media was allowed to publish a poll within 3 days (law) Late 90s = newspaper chains/media chains went to courts and argued that under the charter, stated violation of freedom of expression. Law is okay, meets standards and the limitations of charter. Supreme court sees the case in 1998 of may. Says to strike down the law: decision is split ( 5-3) But you must include methodology: voters can assess weakness of polls, bandwagon effect, go with the flow. Examples: 1984 conservative election & leadership conventions: underdog effect, not going to win anyways, but don"t want to embarrass them. Example: 1984 election john turner was liberal leader, vancouver seat. Poll showed he was going to lose his own seat in vancouver. Wins narrowly: no effect, didn"t change results or public opinion, demotivating effect.
