PO264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: List Of Political Parties In Canada, Class Consciousness, First-Past-The-Post Voting
Document Summary
Political parties and party systems: politcal parties in canada. Ideological parties have never been favoured in canada because: 1) regionalism is big in canada. Regionalism is a cleavage that cuts across class. People believe in canada much more in regions than in class. Liberals eventually accepted the idea that the model that was invented in manitoba, would be the national solution. Liberals used some of their ideas and became more of a left wing within the party and became stronger. Liberal party gradually accepted these ideas that was created originally by ndps. Canadian political parties have traditionally been brokerage parties. Lacking stable support groups in the electorate, and abiding clear ideological differentiation for their computers, political parties appreciate each election anew, hoping to put together a coalition of support across the entire electorate. Explaining electoral behaviour : structural/ enduring factors, foundational, long term factors. Explaining electoral behaviour: important long term factors: cleavages, region: variation in regional support for parties.
