Youth Engagement and Mobilization in the 2010 Toronto Municipal Election
Bernard Rudny and Ilona Dougherty
Apathy is Boring
André Blais and Delia Dumitrescu
Université de Montréal
Peter Loewen
University of Toronto
May 2011
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Acknowledgements
- About Apathy is Boring
- Introduction
- 1. Research Design and Methodology
- 2. Survey Findings
- 3. Multivariate Analysis
- 4. Youth Mobilization Assessment
- 5. Interview Findings
- 6. Recommendations
- References
- Appendix A – Quasi-experimental Analysis
- Appendix B – Post-election Interview Questions
- Appendix C – Candidate and Organization Contact Rates
- Appendix D –Multiple Regression Explained
- Appendix E – Sample Letter of Attestation
- Appendix F – Field Experiment Protocols
- Figures and Tables
- Figure 1: Estimated number of eligible voters reached by contact type
- Figure 2: Interview participants by organization type
- Figure 3: Interview participants by organization location
- Figure 4: Organizational activities outside of the 2010 Toronto municipal election
- Table 1: Socio-demographic profile of survey respondents
- Table 2: Engagement indicators for survey respondents
- Table 3: Election indicators for survey respondents
- Table 4: Campaign contact for survey respondents
- Table 5: Determinants of receiving a voter information card
- Table 6: Determinants of being contacted by a campaign
- Table 7: Determinants of civic engagement
- Table 8: Determinants of turnout
- Table 9: Determinants of turnout including candidate contact
- Table 10: Contact rates for survey respondents by type