01611nam a22001217a 4500008004100000100005600041245008000097260002700177300003400204520115600238650006801394773002701462241211b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMcGregor, M. Lucas, J. Erl, C. and  Anderson, C.D.   aUnderstanding support for municipal political parties: Evidence from Canada  aUrban Affairs Review    a60(5), Sep, 2024: p.1382-1410  aThe 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 type 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.- Reproduced 

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  aMunicipal election, Political parties, Public opinion, Canada.   aUrban Affairs Review