About this episode

Joanne Roberts discusses the implications of low voter turnout on Canadian democracy and the strategies political parties use to engage voters.

Something is off when a government can win a “supermajority” while millions of Canadians stay home. We’re joined by Joanne Roberts, author of *Storm The Ballot Box: An Insider’s Guide to a Voting Revolution*, to dig into what low voter turnout really means for Canadian democracy and why people stop believing their vote counts. We talk candidly about what she learned on the inside as a candidate, how parties use data to chase reliable voters, and why that strategy can quietly shrink democracy ...

People in this episode

Host: Afternoon Pint

Guest: Joanne Roberts

Topics covered

• voter turnout
• Canadian democracy
• political strategy
• elections
• civic engagement

Keywords

• voter turnout
• democracy
• Canada
• political parties
• elections
• civic engagement
• Joanne Roberts

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Storm The Ballot Box: An Insider’s Guide to a Voting Revolution

Places: Canada

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