POL224Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Chartism, Bourgeoisie, Oligarchy
7 Dec 2016
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Lecture 4 electoral systems, party systems and ideologies (october 3rd, 2016) (continued from lecture 3) Achieves proportionality best with larger populations, which better represent their respective constituencies. However: one should note that differing electoral systems can have different effects on human behaviour (cid:858)pure(cid:859) proportio(cid:374)al representation (pr) systems are rare. Vote thresholds (vote share quotas) eliminate small parties from contention, enabling disproportionality: ex. This quota is a 4% vote share: germany: With a greater number of districts, this disproportionality grows. In formulas or in practice, proportionality may not be as better reflected compared to majoritarian systems. While some may favour vote share thresholds, others will oppose: but such opposition will all too likely come in the form of compromises. Such is to combat the idea of profiling (the presence of too many parties) An abundance of parties would not only foster extremist parties better, but also carry too great of a risk of forming a coalition government.
