POL201Y1 Lecture : Kaplan lecture

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Feb 7th 2011: voting - lodges sovereignty of the people . obligates citizens to abide by government laws and policies: voting and elections. representative democracy: a decision is only democratic through consensus, direct democracy. referendum piece of policy given to the public for approval/denial: voting is a matter of delegating someone power on your behalf, expanding the franchise of voting: Male, white, property owners male, white male (around ww1) all adult citizens. Democracy before worked on extending the franchise to those who were excluded before but that"s not how it works now. Profoundly affect the outcome of elections because none of them are neutral. Institutionalized uncertainty is a democratic electoral system: two types of electoral system, majoritarian system www. notesolution. com, majority 50% +1, plurality (first past the post) party wins if they get more votes than any other party or candidate. It does not need a majority to win.

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