POL-UA 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Parliamentary System, Presidential System
22 Oct 2017
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Con: winner takes all; smaller # of political parties, fewer choices for voters. Con: you vote for a party, not for a govt. Pro: more parties viability contesting elections, find which party really reps you parliamentary con: govt stability; legislature can vote govt out of office at any time pro: regime stability; stays in power without threaten of democratic system replacement. ; bc not winner take all system, you can get more buy in, ppl don"t feel locked out. Pro: single person who makes statements about what they stand for. Con: nominee can have incentive to make their points unclear (tax rates etc) Pro: more parties, so more targets at particular groups (student party) Pro: policy can be easily determined by pres and try to implement. Pro: party has control over executive and legislature so can easily pass their legislation. Elections for a single office holder presidential elections (doesn"t have to be for pres)
