POL 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Incumbent, Electoral District, Tactical Voting
7 Dec 2016
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Electoral system--rules used to choose candidates to represent people. Can be used to pick presidents, legislatures, judges, or other positions. Who gets elected; district magnitude (what"s up for grabs/how many winners there are) Plurality/first past the post, leads to strategi(cid:272) (cid:448)oti(cid:374)g, do(cid:374)"t a(cid:272)tually (cid:374)eed (cid:373)ajority of votes to win. Majoritarian/run off, can lead to second election in which top two vote getters run against each other & someone must end up with majority of votes. So(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es alter(cid:374)ati(cid:448)e vote i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h people ra(cid:374)k (cid:272)a(cid:374)didates so if first (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)e does(cid:374)"t make it to top two they look at second choice. How candidates are chosen: can differ; citizens can choose or parties can choose. Who wins: person with plurality (most) or majority (more than 50%) Who do voters vote for: a person, a candidate. Multi-member districts; the proportional representation (pr) electoral system. How candidates chosen: varies, could be citizens or parties.
