Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Supermajority, Single Transferable Vote, Tactical Voting

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Gaile Mc Gregor

Document Summary

Have to know what an electoral system does, which one we use in canada and how it works, smp, mmp, and stv (pro"s and cons: first half: electoral systems as x. Examples of electoral systems in comparison: second half: electoral systems as y. Pippa norris"s typology: norris sorts electoral systems into three broad categories: plurality systems, majority systems, and proportional systems, plurality systems (like smp) allow winning with only a plurality of the vote. Try to make vote share match up with seat share. Is there preference ranking or some other way we can play with the order of candidates: electoral formula: the actual math used to determine a winner, sorts systems based on their features. Bloc quebecois do they want to run in. Strategic entry: deciding whether to go alone or to join a larger party coordination (deciding who to support)