POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Direct Democracy, Instant-Runoff Voting, Gerrymandering
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Electoral systems and representation: voti(cid:374)g lodges so(cid:448)ereig(cid:374)ty (cid:862)i(cid:374) the people(cid:863): It legitimates government, leaders and legislation: obligates citizens to abide by government laws and policies, voting is found in direct democracy, however, there are no systems of direct democracy (only found in some small towns, villages, etc. In the beginning, only male, white, property owners were allowed to vote: first, class was abolished, therefore making white men allowed to vote, thus expanding the franchise, then, race disappeared, and lastly, gender was dropped. Each riding has 10,000 people in it; therefore each member of parliament represents 10,000 people). In canada, there are 30 new ridings that have been added last year in anticipation of this new election, 15 of which were in ontario. (10 are likely to go conservative, 3. Because canada has huge chunks of the country that reliably goes to a certain party.
