POG 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Single Transferable Vote, Additional Member System, Electoral College

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 100
• Professor: Patrice Dutil

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Who can vote and some history of voting and turnouts. Those over 18 have the right to vote. Until 1917 only men had the right to vote: only women who had brother or son could vote. Emily stowe is an important (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) i(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s suff(cid:396)age (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t advocated during the time of john a macdonald. 1921: all women are allowed to vote. Voter turnout in canada: 60 per cent. In other countries, the turnout is high: eg. belgium turnout is 90 per cent. In ontario voter turnout was 48. 2 per cent in 2011 and 52. 1 per cent in 2014. In the usa, black voters went up, hispanics are far less likely and asians as well, while others saw a small decrease. For gender: as males grow older they are more likely to vote than women but women vote young. If you have a higher education, you are more likely to vote. Higher income is also equated with more voting.