Valence Politics and Canadian Politics

How the parties are doing on the issues Canadians most care about and the three paths for a Conservative win in 202(5).

Competence voting or valence politics is a political science theory that describes how voters evaluate political candidates and parties based on their perceived abilities to effectively govern. The theory was popularized by the late political scientist Harold D. Clarke and other co-authors who studied electoral behavior and decision-making.

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