Political Scientist at WLU with work on political communication, public opinion, political parties in Canada. Albertan in Ontario. Germanophile with a mid-life passion for French. Raising deux Franco-Ontariens. CFL fan.
Simon Kiss
I am very excited about these datasets that @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social and I have produce for the Consortium on Electoral Democracy. We assigned Canadian National Occupational Classification codes to each respondent in the 2019 and 2021 datasets. 1.
Combined with CDEM's large sample in 2019 and 2021, this will permit analysis of the relationship between Canadians' working and political lives! For example, we found slight evidence that respondents in occupations facing future surpluses (e.g. lower wages and layoffs) tended to vote for the left.
We break down the latest Trump approval numbers compared to other contemporary presidents from @gelliottmorris.com in the context of the 2026 midterm elections. lispop.ca/nexus/trump-...
In sum, we find that this is exceptionally informative and gives us pause to evaluate the current situation. /1
Estimates votes and the vote of the Supply bill at committee stage are confidence votes no? But the Liberals are clearly in the minority on all committees. Trying to think through the dynamics here. #cdnpoli
From our study of Canadian voters in 2025. Probability of owning a home is noticeably lower than in a similar study in 1984. Not surprising, but always interesting. There will be more to come on this.
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It's a little bit tough to eyeball, but it sure seems like the Trudeau government *really* liked non-permanent residents. www.banqueducanada.ca/wp-content/u...
