POLI 222 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Roadkill, Nash Equilibrium, Single Transferable Vote

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 222
• Professor: Christa Scholtz

Document Summary

Poli 222: study guide for the second exam. He said that there were 3 party system: From confederation 1867 to 1919 : 1st party system. Two party in the system : conservative and liberals. There was only parliamentary parties : no organization outside of parliament. Pre-democratic : there was a limited suffrage based on property. 1921 : 1957 : 2nd party system : Rise of the protest parties but they had no base for support. Brokerage politics accommodate interests; larger platform outreach for more. Try to get as much as possible under your umbrella. More than 2 parties in the system : 2+ party. Rise of more polling and interest in the voters. Rise of the leader"s position as important in politics. Right fragmentation and collapse of the conservative. The liberals lost their position due to the sponsorship scandal. Liberals are reduced to the 3rd important party. Ndp broke out in quebec orange crush.