Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Fourth Party System, Second Party System, Third Party System
14 Mar 2018
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Single member plurality electoral system: country divided into 338 geographic units called constituencies, voter selects only one candidate, one candidate from each constituency elected to house, decision rule: candidate with the most votes wins. Constituency size: significant variation in number of votes per constituency, representation act, 1985, senate floor rule, 2. Who has the right to vote: three criteria, 1. In 2002 ruled unconstitutional able to cast ballots in a federal election, regardless of crime committed: prisoners, ssc ruled unconstitutional exclusions based on mental ability and prisoner status. Evaluating smp in canada: arguments against smp, 1. Under-representation of small or minor parties: 3. Facilitates majority governments with less than majority of popular support: 5. Wrong winner phenomenon: and in favour of a more proportional system, 6. Evaluating smp in canada: arguments in favour of smp (and against forms of proportional representation), 1.
