Quinn M. Albaugh

LGBTQ2S+ representation in Parliament is declining. What can we do? | Xtra Magazine Research shows fewer queer and trans people hold political power in Canada, and those who do represent fewer political perspectives

Fewer LGBTQ2S+ people hold positions of political power in Canada, and those who do represent a narrower range of political perspectives, according to research by @qalbaugh.bsky.social and @kebaisley.bsky.social.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ New in Xtra! Quinn Albaugh and I present new data on LGBTQ2S+ candidates in the 2025 federal election—and consider where to go from here.

What are Canadian Members of Parliament Doing on Bluesky? research note abstract

Which Canadian MPs are on Bluesky and what do they post?

My new paper w/ @rohanalexander.bsky.social in @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social unpacks these questions, finding MPs
use it like Twitter to discuss policy, the Ottawa bubble & constituency

Read more: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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Identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates: comparing three approaches In this research note, we compare three approaches to identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates: candidate surveys, published lists of LGBTQ2S+ candidates, and systematic searches of each candidate running. ...

How should we identify LGBTQ2S+ candidates?

In new research with @qalbaugh.bsky.social , we compare 3 methods for identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates in 🇨🇦 federal elections (2019–2021).

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Trans and nonbinary candidates across parties (and, notably, in the NDP) receive substantially and significantly less money even after adjusting for not being incumbents and being nominated disproprotionately in unwinnable ridings.

When we break LGBTQ+ candidates apart by subgroups, we find some evidence of gender inequalities. Queer cis women raise less than expected for the Greens.

This isn't true for the Liberals or the NDP: LGBTQ+ candidates, if anything, do better in financing their campaigns after adjusting for other variables.

Some of this is explained by other variables/forms of disadvantage (especially incumbency, district competitiveness). However, even after adjusting for other variables, LGBTQ+ candidates for the Conservatives and Greens raise less than their straight cis counterparts.

Without adjusting for any other variables, LGBTQ+ candidates raise substantially less money than straight cis (non-LGBTQ+) candidates.

Kate initially proposed looking at finance as part of an honours thesis, and we expanded upon the analysis in our work together.

I'm delighted to share a new article at Politics & Gender with @kebaisley.bsky.social and Kate Burke Pellizzari examining whether LGBTQ+ candidates face challenges financing their campaigns: doi.org/10.1017/S174....

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Research article entitled "Gender and LGBT Affinity: The Case of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne" by Quinn M. Albaugh and Elizabeth Baisley. Abstract: "When a party selects an out lesbian as its leader, do women and LGBT people evaluate that leader more positively? And do they become more likely to vote for that party? We answer these questions using the case of Kathleen Wynne, premier of Ontario, Canada, from 2013 to 2018. We draw on four large-sample surveys conducted by Ipsos before and after the 2011 and 2014 Ontario elections. We compare shifts in best premier choice and vote choice among non-LGBT men, non-LGBT women, LGBT men, and LGBT women from 2011 to 2014. We find gender and LGBT affinity in leader evaluations. However, we find that only non-LGBT women and LGBT men were more likely to vote Liberal after Wynne became leader. This article contributes to research on affinity by examining LGBT affinity in a real-world election and the intersection of gender and LGBT affinity."

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In "Gender and LGBT Affinity" @qalbaugh.bsky.social‬ & @kebaisley.bsky.social‬ compare support for Kathleen Wynne, the first out LGBT first minister in 🇨🇦 , across voter gender and sexuality.

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In recent research with @qalbaugh.bsky.social, we use a survey experiment to explore how gender stereotypes shape voters' perceptions of transgender and nonbinary candidates' traits. The results are not the most encouraging, but you can read more here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Ipsos has just released their PRIDE REPORT.

What the data tell in several aspects: Male members of GEN Z are in some regards more illiberal than the Baby Boomers. Additionally, we see a clear regress (!) in favouring LGBTQ* rights!

Numbers of openly #LGBTQ* on rise!

www.ipsos.com/sites/defaul...

A woman speaking in a classroom with a man on the side watching her.

A group of people in a classroom looking at their phones.

It was great to attend my 30th straight Canadian Political Science Association annual conference last week and deliver my presidential address. I was especially happy to be unconventionally introduced by @mcloutier.bsky.social with a quiz for the crowd on "how well do you know Malloy and the CPSA?"

In recent work with @qalbaugh.bsky.social, we find that in 2019 and 2021 parties nominated LGBTQ2S+ candidates in districts they were over 16 percentage points less likely to win than straight cis candidates. About 2/3 of the gap is due to which parties and 1/3 is due to which districts.

Thank you for sharing our work!

A belated congratulations! I look forward to citing this in the future #LGBTQResearch