POS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Debate Chamber, Bicameralism, Two-Round System
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Or party: how do we value all the issues and judgements, do voters naturally vote in their best interests, should voting be compulsory(required), australia, brazil, belgium, elections often rigged, legal and illegal. Single member plurality (smp) election: known as first-past-the-post, winner takes all, plurality method, strength is simplicity, person with the most votes wins. Proportional representation: attempts to link percentage of votes to cast the allocation of electoral seats, many different models, 35% of votes = 35% of representation, parliament/congress, often a minimum threshold for seats, germany 5% Israel 1: creates a system for multiple winners, multiple seats available for each district. Ireland: o(cid:374)(cid:272)e a (cid:272)a(cid:374)didate has (cid:862)(cid:449)o(cid:374)(cid:863) a seat, their (cid:448)otes go to the (cid:374)e(cid:454)t preference. Legislators vote on conscious or party discipline: rarely conscious. Laws can be made elsewhere (executive decree: can be influenced or changed by judicial review.
