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Abstract：
The province of Ontario, Canada, has a longstanding history of non-partisanship in municipal elections. In this distinctive context, we report results on citizen attitudes toward municipal partisanship using a survey of eligible voters in Canada\'s most populous province. Using a mixed-methods approach, we focus on three interrelated research questions. First, how much does citizen support for municipal parties depend on the type of party under consideration? Second, what reasons do citizens provide for their preference for either municipal political parties or independents? Finally, what are the correlates of support for municipal parties? We find little support for municipal political parties, and that many voters have sophisticated reasons for preferring either independents or parties. We also identify several factors associated with support for parties. These results provide an in-depth picture of attitudes on municipal partisanship in Ontario, and suggest that public opinion may provide an overlooked mechanism that maintains Ontario\'s non-partisanship.
摘要：
安大略省,加拿大,在市政选举中有着悠久的无党派历史。在这种独特的背景下，我们通过对加拿大人口最多的省份的合格选民的调查，报告了公民对市政党派关系的态度的结果。使用混合方法方法，我们专注于三个相互关联的研究问题。首先,公民对市政政党的支持程度取决于所考虑的政党类型？第二，公民为他们偏爱市政政党或独立政党提供什么理由？最后，对市政政党的支持有什么关联？我们发现对市政政党的支持很少，许多选民有复杂的理由选择独立人士或政党。我们还确定了与支持各方相关的几个因素。这些结果提供了对安大略省市政党派关系的态度的深入了解，并建议公众舆论可能提供一种被忽视的机制，维持安大略省的无党派关系。
