PLS 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: First-Past-The-Post Voting, Secret Ballot, Proportional Representation
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An individual"s attachment to a particular political party, which might be based on issues or ideology, past experience, or upbringing. A distinctive pattern of voting behavior reflecting the differences in views between women and men. An electoral format that presents the names of all the candidates for any given office on the same ballot. Introduced at the end of the eighteenth century, the. Australian ballot replaced the partisan ballot and facilitated split-ticket voting. Plurality - a number of votes cast for a candidate that is greater than the number of votes for any other candidate but not necessarily a majority. An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official. A voting system that apportions legislative seats according to the percentage of the vote won by a particular political party. The presidential electors from each state who meet in their respective state capitals after the popular election to cast ballots for president and vice president.
