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Gender and Vote Choice in the 2006 Canadian Election
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Gender and Vote Choice in the 2006 Canadian Election
Abstract
Inglehart and Norris (2003) have argued that a process of gender realignment is pushing men to the right and women to the left. This paper uses data from the 2006 Canadian election study to assess their argument that the “modern gender gap” is rooted in cultural differences between women and men rather than in structural and situational differences. While there is some evidence that public sector employment and higher education help to explain why women are more likely than men to vote for the NDP, their impact is offset by religiosity. Women tend to be more religious than men and this helps to explain why many women remain attracted to the Conservatives. The most important factors in explaining why men are more likely than women to vote for the right-wing party and women are more likely than men to vote for the left-wing party are clearly cultural. Women are more skeptical than men of market-based arguments, less ready to embrace closer ties with the US, and more liberal when it comes to social mores and alternative lifestyles. The paper ends with a discussion of the implications of gendered patterns of voting for electoral politics in Canada.
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| | Authors: Gidengil, Elisabeth., Everitt, Joanna., Blais, Andr??., Fournier, Patrick. and Nevitte, Neil. |
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Gender and Vote Choice in the 2006 Canadian Election
Abstract
Inglehart and Norris (2003) have argued that a process of gender realignment is
pushing men to the right and women to the left. This paper uses data from the 2006
Canadian election study to assess their argument that the “modern gender gap” is
rooted in cultural differences between women and men rather than in structural and
situational differences. While there is some evidence that public sector employment
and higher education help to explain why women are more likely than men to vote
for the NDP, their impact is offset by religiosity. Women tend to be more religious
than men and this helps to explain why many women remain attracted to the
Conservatives. The most important factors in explaining why men are more likely
than women to vote for the right-wing party and women are more likely than men to
vote for the left-wing party are clearly cultural. Women are more skeptical than men
of market-based arguments, less ready to embrace closer ties with the US, and more
liberal when it comes to social mores and alternative lifestyles. The paper ends with a
discussion of the implications of gendered patterns of voting for electoral politics in
Canada.
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