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No One Can Serve Two Masters: The Religious Conundrum of Conservative Party Leaders in Canada
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This 100-page Honors thesis paper is a comprehensive examination of why Conservative party leaders tend to have a difficult time winning a general federal election in Canada. The research question that this thesis will address is the following: What do the cases of Manning, Day, Harper, and Scheer tell us about the relationship between the conservative party and religion in Canada? I will argue that their cases illustrate the struggle of conservative leaders to build a party that could simultaneously appeal to Christian social conservatives and to enough moderates and socially progressive median voters. This paper includes a detailed background of the historical and present-day relationship between the Christian religion and partisan politics in Canada.
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- 2020-01-01
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- Book