Youth Engagement and Mobilization in the 2010 Toronto Municipal Election

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Acknowledgements
• About Apathy is Boring
• Introduction
• 1. Research Design and Methodology
  • 1.1 Survey of Youth in Toronto
  • 1.2 Interviews and Mobilization Assessment
• 2. Survey Findings
  • 2.1 Profile of Respondents
  • 2.2 Engagement Indicators
  • 2.3 Election Indicators
  • 2.4 Contact Indicators
• 3. Multivariate Analysis
  • 3.1 Receiving a Voter Information Card
  • 3.2 Campaign Contact
  • 3.3 Civic Engagement
  • 3.4 Turnout
• 4. Youth Mobilization Assessment
  • 4.1 Summary of Mobilization Activity
• 5. Interview Findings
  • 5.1 Organizations and Interview Participants
  • 5.2 Toronto Elections' Youth Outreach Initiative
  • 5.3 Non-partisanship Policies
  • 5.4 Election Information and Resources
  • 5.5 Regional and Demographic Patterns
  • 5.6 Characteristics of Successful Organizations
• 6. Recommendations
  • 6.1 Research Recommendations
  • 6.2 Electoral Engagement Recommendations
• References
• Appendix A – Quasi-experimental Analysis
• Appendix B – Post-election Interview Questions
• Appendix C – Candidate and Organization Contact Rates
• Appendix D –Multiple Regression Explained
• Appendix E – Sample Letter of Attestation
• Appendix F – Field Experiment Protocols
• Figures and Tables
  • Figure 1: Estimated number of eligible voters reached by contact type
  • Figure 2: Interview participants by organization type
  • Figure 3: Interview participants by organization location
  • Figure 4: Organizational activities outside of the 2010 Toronto municipal election
    
    
  • Table 1: Socio-demographic profile of survey respondents
  • Table 2: Engagement indicators for survey respondents
  • Table 3: Election indicators for survey respondents
  • Table 4: Campaign contact for survey respondents
  • Table 5: Determinants of receiving a voter information card
  • Table 6: Determinants of being contacted by a campaign
  • Table 7: Determinants of civic engagement
  • Table 8: Determinants of turnout
  • Table 9: Determinants of turnout including candidate contact
  • Table 10: Contact rates for survey respondents by type

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