Topics in political institution reform

I like Riley's suggestion for adding a "no change" option to the senate. It would be very interesting to see which types of people (age wise really) like the way the senate currently works. How much context are we allowed to give for the questions? For the "cost efficient" senate question, we'd have to state the amount a senator makes/how much the senate costs to function. Without also giving information on what types of a jobs a senator is responsible for, just giving a number saying "a senator makes $132,000 a year" may lead to people thinking, "that's way to much" without giving that a context.

Blythe, I agree with you that people do not understand how STV works (many political science students don't!), but how would we frame a question to pinpoint those who know/don't know how the system works and to what extent they do/do not understand it? Also, I don't think electoral and senate reform are overdone, but we could definitely include a judiciary question. I would like to pursue what people know about the judiciary. To be honest, I am not very familiary with how it works in Canada. Maybe we could ask a question about a recent judicial decision? This will gauge how informed BC citizens are about this branch of government.