POLS 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sumer, 2015 Fifa Women'S World Cup, Proportional Representation

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 1500
• Professor: Tami A.Jacoby

Document Summary

A formal and organized process of selecting government representatives. Traced to ancient sumeria 6000 years ago. Ancient greece, 5-6th centuries bc, popular assemblies. Today elections around the world, not all democratic. Universal su rage: every quali ed person has the right to vote. Why do eligible voters not vote: lack of connection/opposition to government, voter apathy. Tuesday, november 7, 2017: lack of access. Political systems in which voters are obliged to vote in elections or attend the polling station. Argentina, australia, brazil, north korea, singapore, egypt, lebanon, thailand, Rules for how to cast, count and aggregate a valid vote. Number and type of political parties (brokerage and doctrinal) Single member district plurality (one person elected who gets the most votes) First pat the post (winner takes all ) Candidates b and d run in second round until one earns majority. Gives minority parties a proportional share of seats in legislature. Candidate a: 20% = 20% of seats in legislature.