POLI-1007EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Body Politic, Uk Independence Party, European Parliament
4 Jul 2020
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Representative-government- an electoral system where citizens vote to elect people to represent their interests and concerns. Those elected meet to debate and make laws on behalf of the whole community or society, instead of the people voting directly on laws and other debates. The representative function of house of commons is to represent the political parties whom voters have voted in the elections. It"s the requirement that the composition of the elected legislature conforms to the political choices of the voters. The member of parliament elected needs to support their party no matter if it"s the party that forms the government or it"s the opposition. If not aristocracy, plutocracy prevailed in conservatives ranks in the pre-war house of commons. they represented the site of their commercial activity. Because the candidates are not known to the local voters, they vote based on their appearance, fluency, qualifications, experience and character.
