POLS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Closed List, Plurality Voting System, Two-Round System
25 Mar 2018
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Information: campaign finances are a big issue, how party"s fund election campaigns, wealthy donors can have a disproportionate impact on what parties are doing, inequality= greater advertising budget, also should be cap on government advertising during campaign. Important that process be overseen by independent commission. Patrick brown was voted b/c of an online voting process (could be fraud) Regular vote: elections held fairly on regular basis. Involve electing single representative based on which candidate has more votes: often result in party gaining majority of legislative seats even if party did not win most votes. Single member plurality: single member plurality system (smp): electoral system in which voters in each electoral district elect single representative to legislature. 3: electoral college: body that elects the president of the united sates, members of the. Preferential ballots: preferential ballots: system in which voter"s rank candidates in order of preference.
