Public Opinion Research Study on Electoral Matters - Wave 3

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  • Background and objectives
  • Methodology
  • Overview of the findings
  • Notes on interpretation of the research findings
  • Political neutrality statement and contact information
• Detailed Results
  • Main sources of news
  • News origin
  • Interest in politics
  • Knowledge of provincial powers
  • Knowledge of federal powers
  • Confidence in institutions in Canada
  • Opinion on the fairness of federal elections
  • Reasons for thinking Elections Canada runs elections unfairly
  • Trust in election changes
  • Electoral interference
  • Opinions on the integrity of the voting system in Canada
  • Opinions on the integrity of voting by mail in Canada
  • Types of voter fraud
  • Political efficacy
  • Affective polarization
  • Trust in people
  • Belief in government conspiracy theories
• Appendix
  • A.1 Quantitative methodology
  • A.2 Survey questionnaire

List of Figures

• Figure 1: Main source of news
• Figure 2: Frequency of exposure to news stories covering Canadian, U.S., and world politics – topline results
• Figure 3: Frequency of exposure to news stories covering Canadian, U.S., and world politics – detailed March 2023 results
• Figure 4: Interest in politics
• Figure 5: Knowledge of provincial powers
• Figure 6: Knowledge of federal powers
• Figure 7: &Confidence in Canadian institutions – tracking comparison
• Figure 8: Confidence in Canadian institutions – detailed March 2023 results
• Figure 9: Fairness of Elections Canada in running federal elections
• Figure 10: Reasons for thinking that elections are not conducted fairly by Elections Canada
• Figure 11: Trust in election changes – government
• Figure 12: Trust in election changes – Elections Canada
• Figure 13: Perceived impact of interference on the outcome of the next federal election – tracking
• Figure 14: Perceived impact of interference on the outcome of the next federal election – March 2023 results
• Figure 15: Opinion regarding the voting system in Canada
• Figure 16: Opinion regarding voting by mail
• Figure 17: Perception of the frequency of certain types of fraud – tracking
• Figure 18: Perception of the frequency of certain types of fraud – detailed March 2023 results
• Figure 19: Perceived political efficacy – tracking
• Figure 20: Perceived political efficacy – detailed March 2023 results
• Figure 21: Perceived ease/difficulty of relating to people based on political agreement/disagreement – detailed March 2023 results
• Figure 22: Affective polarization
• Figure 23: Trust in people
• Figure 24: Belief in conspiracy theories – tracking
• Figure 25: Belief in conspiracy theories – Detailed March 2023 results

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