POLI 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Instant-Runoff Voting, Visible Minority, Proportional Representation
10 Dec 2017
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Electoral systems: the first thing we should do is define electoral systems, electoral system: the system used to count the votes and determine the results of elections . In recent events, prince edward island has expressed a desire for electoral reform. Plurality voting system: first past the post is probably the simplest electoral system there is. In this system, there are two rounds of voting. If a candidate wins 50%+1 in the first round, they win. It prevents vote splitting changing the results because voters can have the final vote in the second round: this signals to the presidential candidates which parties they will have to work with at the legislative level. It also encourages presidential candidates to seek the endorsement of the small parties before the second round of voting. If one candidate gets 50%+1 of first choices, that candidate is elected. If not, the weakest candidate is eliminated. are counted.
