[fvc-wat-disc] Fwd: Fwd: Fw: Electoral reform revival? Support for changing voting systems skyrockets post election

[Mary Jackes]

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*From:* Angus Reid Institute <info at angusreid.org>
*Subject:* Electoral reform revival? Support for changing voting systems 
skyrockets post election

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*Electoral reform revival? Support for changing voting systems 
skyrockets post election*


      /After popular vote win, CPC supporters now outpace Liberals in
      support for proportional representation/

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*November 21, 2019 – *The wake of the 43^rd Canadian federal election 
campaign appears to have churned up support for a certain policy change 
long thought lost to the depths of a watery political grave: electoral 
reform.

A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds support 
surging – post election – for the promise the Trudeau Liberal government 
killed in 2017.

Angus Reid, Angus Reid Institute, Canada Polling, Canada Polls, Canada 
Electoral Reforms

Likely motivated by their preferred party receiving the most votes yet 
falling short in the House of Commons in a first-past-the-post electoral 
system, Conservative preference for proportional representation has more 
than doubled.

Seven-in-ten (69%) who supported the CPC in October say they would 
change the electoral system, compared to just 28 per cent of party 
supporters who said this when the Institute canvassed the same issue at 
the beginning of 2016.

It’s not just a spike in support on the right of the political spectrum, 
however. Increasing approval across all parties has transformed this – 
at least for now – from a divisive to a consensus issue. In 2016, just 
over half (53%) wanted to keep first-past-the-post while the rest wanted 
to move to proportional representation. Today, more than two-thirds 
(68%) now say that they would prefer Canada change its voting system.


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