POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Plurality Voting System, Direct Democracy, Proportional Representation
21 Sep 2016
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Our political system is a representative democracy rather than a direct democracy (where citizens are directly involved with making rules and regulations in which they live) Noted in term: democracies meaning is historically variable. Our system of democracy is indirect democracy (we do not directly determine rules and regulations, instead, we indirectly participate. Elected rep"s give a voice to all people in indirect democracy. The institutional mechanism chosen to allocate votes to representative is profoundly political. Electoral systems play a significant role in determining electoral outcomes. There are a number of different electoral use amongst the world"s democracies: single member plurality system first past the post winner takes all system. This is our electoral system in canada, usa and britain. It is marked by a distortion between the votes cast and the electoral outcomes produced. Parties with geographically concentrated support tends to magnify their influence in government.
