Survey of Candidates Following the 44th General Election
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Final Report
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Background and Objectives
Methodology
Contract Value
Report
Key Findings
Political Neutrality Statement and Contact Information
I. Introduction
II. Detailed Findings
Overall Satisfaction
Nomination Process
Political Entity Service Centre (Online Portal)
Elections Canada's Products and Services
Candidates' Electoral Campaign
Voting and Reporting Process
Attitude Toward Elections Canada
Elections and Technology
Attitudes Toward Democracy in Canada
Socio-demographics
Appendix A: Methodology
Appendix B: Research Instruments
Tables
Table 1: Reasons why it was not easy to comply with nomination requirements
Table 2: EC products used
Table 3: Attendance at all-candidates' briefing
Table 4: Contact with Elections Canada during election
Table 5: Satisfaction with EC contact options
Table 6: Reasons for not providing list of polling station workers
Table 7: Measures taken to ensure personal information was protected
Charts
Chart 1: Satisfaction with EC's administration of election
Chart 2: Satisfaction with returning officer's performance
Chart 3: Reasons for dissatisfaction with RO performance
Chart 4: Ease of complying with nomination requirements
Chart 5: Satisfaction with timeliness of processing nomination papers
Chart 6: Had difficulties finding an official agent
Chart 7: Had difficulties finding an auditor
Chart 8: Difficulties finding an official agent
Chart 9: Difficulties finding an auditor
Chart 10: Ease of collecting signatures for nomination considering COVID-19 restrictions—by previous candidate status
Chart 11: How informed candidates felt about EC nomination process
Chart 12: If candidate's campaign used the portal
Chart 13: Uses of the portal
Chart 14: Experience with the portal
Chart 15: Satisfaction with the portal
Chart 16: Reasons for not using the portal
Chart 17: Most useful format of polling station lists
Chart 18: Satisfaction with overall quality of list of electors
Chart 19: Useful communication tools
Chart 20: Format of polling place maps
Chart 21: Usefulness of Elections Canada products in the campaign
Chart 22: Elections Canada products that were not useful
Chart 23: Usefulness of all-candidates briefing
Chart 24: Level of satisfaction with format of all-candidates briefing
Chart 25: Reasons for dissatisfaction with the format of the all-candidates briefing
Chart 26: Usefulness of COVID-19 procedures and guidelines
Chart 27: Interaction with electors during COVID-19
Chart 28: If campaign provided a list of names of election staff
Chart 29: If measures taken to ensure protection of personal information
Chart 30: If took measures to ensure accessibility
Chart 31: Accessibility measures
Chart 32: Awareness of financial incentives
Chart 33: Impact of financial incentives on decision to run
Chart 34: Satisfaction with location of polling sites
Chart 35: Reasons for dissatisfaction with location of polling sites
Chart 36: Satisfaction with voting process
Chart 37: Reasons for dissatisfaction with the voting process
Chart 38: If there were problems related to voter identification requirements
Chart 39: If there were problems related to use of VIC as piece of ID
Chart 40: Problems witnessed with voter ID process
Chart 41: Problems witnessed with use of the VIC as ID
Chart 42: Frequency of problems with voter identification
Chart 43: Level of agreement that pandemic safety measures made election observation harder
Chart 44: Perceived fairness of EC's administration of the general election
Chart 45: Perceived trust in the accuracy of election results in the riding
Chart 46: Satisfaction with interactions with the returning officer
Chart 47: Satisfaction with quality of EC services
Chart 48: Suggestions for improving EC services
Chart 49: Agreement that the spread of false information, foreign influence and interference were a problem in the election
Chart 50: Impact of perceived interference in election
Chart 51: Preference for paper or electronic voter list
Chart 52: Preference for machine or hand counting of paper ballots
Chart 53: If electors should be able to vote by using the Internet
Chart 54: If online voting is risky or safe
Chart 55: Level of satisfaction with the way democracy works in Canada
Chart 56: Reasons for dissatisfaction with democracy in Canada
Chart 57: Level of agreement with lowering the voting age
Chart 58: Level of agreement that political parties should be required to have more women candidates
Chart 59: Level of agreement that political parties should receive a financial incentive for having more women candidates
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