POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Party System, Collectivism, Pacific Scandal
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Won over 70% of sears or half the vote. Two parties have overwhelming majority of vote and 90% of seats. 2 parties periodic or regular switch of competition. Three parties have minimum 20% of votes and some seats. 1980, 1984, 1988, three parties with twenty percent of vote in federal. Two major parties and another smaller party (ndp) Content of parties, how do they mobilize origin. Three types of parties based on origin. Parliamentary party( born in parliament: liberals and conservative) Fragment party (slices off parliamentary parties, bq) Movement party (arise outside of parliament: ccf, green,) Built around small cadre of people, small elite around leader. Leader focused, leader the shapherd decides policies. Care more about policies of party not a charismatic leader. Western parties have been more mass, atlantic more cadre. Finance law encourage more mass parties, but candidates need leader to sign off on nomination parties(cadre) Theoretical model, donald smiley, about relations between parties with.
