POL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Election 2, Instant-Runoff Voting, Tactical Voting

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 101
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Elections confer legitimacy: different electoral systems balance priorities different ways. : set of rules that gure out how the votes turn into seats: provides incentives for individual voters and political actors, electoral systems can be categorized according to proportionality of the system. Counting votes: selection of representatives through voting is complex. How to determine who wins each seat in a legislative assembly (338) How to turn 14 million votes into 338 seats: two types of electoral systems for determine the seats: majority & proportional. Plurality : higher number than anyone else, but not more than everyone together. Canada"s electoral system: we use single-member plurality, voters in each riding select single representative, candidate with most votes is elected regardless if they received majority votes. Plurality vs. majority: in each riding there is an election to determine who will represent riding in parliament. Most major parties will at least try & run candidates in each riding.