Abstract
This study addresses the supposition that single-issue interest groups can mobilize a significant number of Canadians, thereby influencing the electoral process. It focuses particularly on the abortion issue, examining the pro-life and pro-choice movements and the fate of candidates supported by them during the 1988 federal election campaign. Through the use of individual and aggregate-level data, the authors question the impact that abortion played in the vote and review the difficulties faced by single-issue groups in exercising electoral clout. They find that most Canadians did not have strong views on abortion, few thought it to be the most important issue or seemed aware of where the candidates stood, and the electoral impact of the pro-life and pro-choice endorsements was insignificant.
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