POL 140D Study Guide - Final Guide: Droop Quota, Nancy Pelosi, Cumulative Voting
17 Sep 2016
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Single non-transferable vote: m is higher than one, but still only allowed to cast a vote for one person and it is not transferable: strategic behavior of voters- trouble for minority and female representatives. New democracies: voters aren"t voting strategically. Strong cultural influences- biases against having females in legislature (restrictive) Conditions necessary for duverger"s law all deal with strategic voting: all conditions can hamper or improve the likelihood of being able to cast a strategic vote. We expect minorities to suffer in smdps. Geography effects on majority-minority districts: nancy pelosi is sf representative; possesses the safest seat in the house. Stv harder to be sure who the likely winner is. Some votes get exhausted-system can be confusing; ineligible. Sometimes a candidate who didn"t show up on majority of the ballots can win. Single non-transferable vote: we use single non-transferable vote with an m of 1. Mark choice for one candidate- there is no way that this vote can be transferred.
