POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: American Majority, Gerrymandering, Tactical Voting
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Obligates citizens to abide by government laws and policies. You have essentially agreed to whatever is placed into law through supporting that government. Symbolic representation e. g the beaver for canada, the eagle for america. Similar to legal representation - elected officials are your representation. The referendum - a form of obtaining direct public approval on a specific policy or law. Proposition 8, california: "only marriage between a man and woman is valid or recognized in california" More than million was raised to advertise both sides to the people (referendums are expensive) Each riding represents 60-120k people (tries to be as equal as possible) 70% of ridings were redrawn for 2015 election to accompany for new population. 30 ridings were added for 2015 election (now 338 seats/mps) Gerrymandering - drawing the lines of a riding in order to get a certain result.
