POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: International Political Science Review, Proportional Representation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1150
• Professor: Mark Yanisziewski

Document Summary

Lecture 21: electoral systems (v) march 8. Reading: da(cid:374)iel bochsler, (cid:862)a quasi-proportio(cid:374)al electoral (cid:455)ste(cid:373) (cid:858)o(cid:374)l(cid:455) for ho(cid:374)est me(cid:374)? (cid:859) The hidde(cid:374) pote(cid:374)tial for ma(cid:374)ipulati(cid:374)g mi(cid:454)ed co(cid:373)pe(cid:374)sator(cid:455) electoral (cid:455)ste(cid:373)s,(cid:863) Electoral systems: plurality (most people voting in the world) and pr (most common in country) are two most common electoral systems in the world today. Run off systems: a variant of the plurality system, almost exactly the same, the people in an area (riding) get together and vote. In france, if nobody meets the 50% + 1 in the first round, everybody who got at least. 1/8 of vote (12. 5%) of vote can participate in second round (2 weeks later) In the second round, it is based on who gets the most votes for most part: you do not have to get 50% to win in the second round. Advantages of run off systems: increased likelihood that someone will win a majority of the vote in that riding.