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Too Close to Call: Political Choice in Canada, 2004

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2005

Harold D. Clarke ,
Allan Kornberg ,
John MacLeod  and
Thomas Scotto
Harold D. Clarke
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Dallas and University of Essex
Allan Kornberg
Affiliation:
Duke University
John MacLeod
Affiliation:
TNS Canadian Facts
Thomas Scotto
Affiliation:
West Virginia University
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Canada's June 28th, 2004, federal election was an exciting and, in several respects a surprising contest. One major surprise was the election campaign itself. Rather than being the predictable, boring event many commentators had anticipated, the campaign was a closely fought battle between a longtime governing party and a new opposition party that had been formed only six months before the election was called. A second surprise, at least for some observers, was turnout, with participation in a national election falling to the lowest level in Canadian history. A third, potentially very significant, surprise was the success of the separatist Bloc Québécois, accompanied by a resurgence of support for Quebec sovereignty. After the election, the future of Canada's national party system, indeed, the future of Canadian democracy, appeared more problematic than had been the case only a few months earlier.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 247 - 253
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© 2005 by the American Political Science Association

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