The key to electoral success in 2015 was voter engagement. Had turnout not increased, Stephen Harper's voter suppression strategy would have triumphed yet again. 2015 marks a victory for democracy.
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When the election finally arrived, turnout in B.C. surged from 60.4 to 70.4 per cent. That's what defeated the Conservative Party in B.C. -- not "strategic voting."
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In 2011, 61.4 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot. That's about 14.8 million people. In the October 2015 election, about 68 per cent, or 17.5 million people, cast a ballot.
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While it's too early to say whether there will be a higher overall voter turnout this election, the indications look positive.
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Since 1970, each generation has participated less in the democratic process. Has this got us where we are today? Something's gotta give.
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There is something rich -- and richly ironic -- hearing Stephen McNeil fret about the number of voters who didn't bother to cast ballots in last week's three provincial byelections.
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The Guardian warns of the prospect of a Conservative minority or even majority government come the October 19 federal election.
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Maude Barlow believes Stephen Harper will be gone after the next election, as long as people mobilize to vote him out. She tells a Vancouver audience why the Conservatives have to go.
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Brigette DePape and the Council of Canadians are teaming up with students and youth groups to dramatically turn that around.
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Ashley Splawinski interviews Brigette DePape about the 'Get Out the Youth Vote' campaign for this year's federal election.
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A new campaign is here to take the young people who ignored the ballot boxes last time around and transform them into voters, in time for the next federal election.
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John Tory is Toronto's new mayor. With Toronto's voter turnout a record 60 per cent, what other factors came into play in this heated municipal election?
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Can any major Toronto mayoral candidate directly address this larger issue: what role does politics play in changing conditions for people who are historically marginalized and disenfranchised?
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Yes, opinion polls have turned against the Conservatives and it's true many Canadians cannot abide Harper. But Stephen Harper and his party can still win the next election, scheduled for October 2015.
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We need to abandon the idea of "responsible capitalism." It sounds clunky and doesn't resonate with voters, because it is a contradiction in terms, says Leo Panitch.
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Mark Dance Stephen Middleton A lot of people don't vote. Do they have a point? Is the problem low voter turnout or is low turnout a symptom of a flawed system?
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At 52.1 per cent, the percentage of voters who cast a ballot in the 2014 Ontario election is up from the province's 2011 historic low of 48 per cent. How does it fit into voter turnout across Canada?
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The 2014 Ontario election is so close! So, how do we defeat Hudak and his right-wing agenda?
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The Ontario election is right around the corner and candidates in Toronto's battleground riding of Davenport have stepped up their efforts to connect to voters. So what are the people saying?
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Rather than jumping on the hand-wringing bandwagon about disinterested, apathetic youth, I'm more concerned about pervasive and consistent government apathy towards youth.
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Whatever the result on Monday, the same large question will be present: how to re-align the forces of the centre-left into something useful instead of a squabbling and splintered affair.
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Voters are receiving automated calls at home that tell them to go to polling stations that have nothing to do with their ridings. The scale of the scheme is national. Innocent mistake? Incompetence?
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Who's complaining about polling now? The polls have been wild and crazy, but they're revolutionizing this election. So what's the message in the madness?
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Apathy is Boring aims to use art, and technology to educate Canadian youth about democracy.
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