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Explaining The Gender Gap in Support for the New Right

The Case of Canada

McGill University, Canada

Matthew Hennigar

Brock University, Canada

AndrÉ Blais

Université de Montréal, Canada

Neil Nevitte

University of Toronto, Canada

This article uses data from the 2000 Canadian Election Studyto examine a variety of possible explanations for the gender gap in support for the newright. The authors find structural and situational explanations to be of little help in accounting for the gap. What matters are values and beliefs. The gender gap in support for Canada's new right party reflects differences in views about the appropriate role of the state, lawand order, and traditional moral values. It also appears to reflect differences in the salience of politics in men's andwomen's lives. When all of these attitudinal factors are taken into account, the gender gap ceases to be significant. The implications of the findings are considered in light of comparative analyses of gender gaps in vote choice and support for radical right-wing populist political parties in Western Europe.

Key Words: gender gap • Canada • radical right • populist parties • Alliance Party

Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 38, No. 10, 1171-1195 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005279320


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