Voter Apathy Stems From Evolving Trends, Lack of Trust: Pundits

Voter Apathy Stems From Evolving Trends, Lack of Trust: Pundits
An Elections Canada volunteer tapes up signs at a polling station in Toronto on Oct. 19, 2015. The Canadian Press/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
Lee Harding
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With less than a week to go before election day, recent Ipsos survey results raise concerns over voter apathy and low voter turnout, showing that over 35 percent of Canadian voters don’t like any of the parties and that 13 percent are “completely undecided” as to which candidate they will vote for.

Hamish Telford, an associate professor of political science at the University of the Fraser Valley, says there’s “a variety of long-term trends” that leave voters less enthusiastic today compared to in the past.
Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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