Political polarization is growing across the globe. In this first report on the urban-rural divide in Canada, Sean Speer teams up with Peter Loewen and the University of Toronto’s Policy, Elections and Representation Lab (PEARL) to explore the theory that a “perception gap” exists between those who live in cities, the suburbs and rural communities. How do Canadians’ distorted beliefs of one another’s circumstances fuel polarization?
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February 2, 2021
Perceptions and Polarization: Measuring the Perception Gap Between Urban and Rural Canadians
