Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Plurality Voting System, Proportional Representation

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The politician that wins the most votes represents the riding. Even though the representative doesn"t have the most votes, they still become the voice of the party. In this past election, conservatives were elected by 40% of the population, but have 54% of the seats. What matters is the total number of ridings you win. The green party won 4% of the vote but with one mp, only have 0. 32% of the seats. Runoff elections keep taking place until a party is elected by at least 50 % of the population. Preferential you rank the candidates according to how you prefer them. Each time the lowest ranking candidate is eliminated, your vote is transferred to your next preference. Number of seats a party holds represents the number of votes won in an election. Party list system each party lists their candidates according to preference.

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