Political Science 2211E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Marginal Seat, Tim Hortons, Triage

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2211E
• Professor: Joseph Lyons

Document Summary

Triage triage from medical field, three types of injuries to help doctors use time in best manner (badly hurt, require immediate attention, minor injuries, severe injuries that are written off on field) Proportional representation seats in parliament allocated based on popular vote. First-past-the-post most votes per riding wins seat. 2 step process: id base and swing ridings and swing ridings rather than base and swing voters. Base riding won by well over 10%, oppositions base when lost by over. In us elections, fpp is on state by state basis thus id swing or battleground states first (red is conservative, blue is liberal (republican): id base and swing voters in swing ridings. Boutique policies target swing voters: single issue policies, appeal to self-interest attract specific groups of voters, target specific groups of swing voters, i. e. specific tax credits (home reno = middle class)