Survey of Voters and Non-Voters, 2002 [Canada]

Following declining voter turnouts throughout the 1990s, the voter turnout at the Canadian general election of 2000 (61 percent) was the lowest on record. It is in this context that Elections Canada developed a research project aimed at evaluating the opinions and attitudes of non-voters, and to provide additional insight into the reasons for non-voting at federal elections. The objective of this research is to assist in further defining and comprehending the phenomenon of non-voting. As part of this project, Decima Research Inc. was commissioned to conduct a survey of Canadians who were eligible electors at the time of the 2000 Canadian general election, including equal proportions of voters and non-voters. The survey covered a variety of socio-demographic, attitudinal, and contextual factors, in order to explain the phenomenon of non-voting in Canadian federal elections.

20世纪90年代，加拿大选民投票率持续走低，2000年加拿大联邦大选的投票率仅为61%，创下历史最低纪录。正是在此背景下，加拿大选举局（Elections Canada）启动了一项研究项目，旨在评估非选民的观点与态度，并深入解析联邦选举中选民弃权的原因。本研究的目标在于进一步明确并深化对选民不投票这一现象的认知。作为该项目的组成部分，德西玛研究公司（Decima Research Inc.）受委托，对2000年加拿大联邦大选时具备投票资格的加拿大公民开展调查，调查样本中选民与非选民的占比保持均等。本次调查涵盖了社会人口学特征、态度倾向及相关情境等多类影响因素，以全面剖析加拿大联邦选举中的选民弃权现象。