Elections

A year later, and the Conservative government's agenda has accelerated. But Justin remains as popular as ever -- and strangely ageless.

Quebec's world-leading system provides plenty of tips on how to democratize Canada's political financing system.

Yet the excitement he's been generating regularly across the U.S. was never once triggered by the NDP during all those election months last year. New Democrats await their Bernie still.

The key to electoral success in 2015 was voter engagement. Had turnout not increased, Stephen Harper's voter suppression strategy would have triumphed yet again. 2015 marks a victory for democracy.

Although all the seats in Atlantic Canada in the 2015 election were won by the Liberal Party, on closer examination a number of fascinating electoral trends are apparent. What lessons do they provide?

If politics is about choice, then polling data helps discern the political lay of the human landscape. If we want to create change we need to understand where we stand. Such knowledge is power.