Identities and Emotions in the Most Important Issues of the 2021 Canadian Election

• In Event: Measurement Challenges in Public Opinion

Brief Overview

Using text analysis in Canadian Election Studies, we compare naming of identity-based political issues in the 2021 election compared to 2019 and if affective or emotional language is used to describe these issues.

Authors

• Melissa N. Baker, The University of Texas at El Paso

• Alvaro Joao Pereira Filho, University of Western Ontario

• Amanda Friesen, Western University