Getting Elected in Canada

Graduate

In this course, students will apply academic literature about elections to design a campaign plan that will get a candidate elected to a Canadian legislature. Topics may include the history of Canadian elections, electoral systems, election rules, voter behaviour, candidate nominations, campaign jobs, leaders’ debates, constituency campaigns, diverse representation, and digital campaign trends. Antirequisite(s): Credit can be obtained for only one of POLS 3903 or POLS 5023.