PLSC 207 Final: PLSC final study guide

• School: Winthrop University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PLSC 207
• Professor: Kim

Document Summary

From chapter 4: electoral authoritarianism vs. authoritarian party system: Electoral authoritarianism: in which opposition parties are permitted to compete in multiparty elections but not to win control of the chief executive office. Coalition has majority of party seats: median voter result vs. strategic voting: Median voter result, and it applies to elections with two parties. Under these circumstances, parties have to try to win a majority, and therefore target the. Giving your support to a party or candidate that is not your first choice in order to avoid an even worse outcome is known as strategic voting: duverger"s law vs. two-party systems: The mechanical effect is a direct consequence of the way that different electoral systems convert votes into seats. From chapter 5: minority cabinet vs. coalition cabinet: Minority cabinet or minority parliament, is a cabinet formed in a parliamentary system when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament.