Abstract
This paper questions the reliability, significance, and usefulness of much of the data generated by the Canadian National Election Studies, conducted soon after recent federal elections. Using the 1974 Study as its primary reference point, it identifies biases in the survey data on voting behaviour by revealing the gaps between people’s reported behaviour and their actual behaviour. It also raises problems respecting circumscribed sampling procedures and the use of small provincial samples. In addition to methodological criticisms, the paper examines problems of interpretation and conceptualization by referring specifically to analyses of partisanship, regional consciousness and political culture.
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