GNED 1303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Gerrymandering, Proportional Representation, Option Style

• School: Mount Royal University
• Department: General Education
• Course: GNED 1303
• Professor: Jeffrey M.Suderman

Document Summary

This week we read one chapter in dahl and an article (on blackboard) by charles. Chapter 11 of dahl is short but very important, covering the different kinds of voting arrangement available in our modern democratic world. This is important context for u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g our ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374) li(cid:271)eral go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t"s de(cid:272)lared pla(cid:374)s to refor(cid:373) our electoral system. Focus in particular on p. 131 and table 2 on p. 133. Make sure you are also fa(cid:373)iliar (cid:449)ith the defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) of (cid:862)gerry(cid:373)a(cid:374)deri(cid:374)g" o(cid:374) p. 135. Electoral systems: proportional representation (pr) among older democracies, this one was the more common system. Total votes cast for a party in elections = proportion of seats the party gains in legislature. Example: party with 53% of votes will win 53% of seats: first-past-the-post system (fptp) Greatly increase the proportion of seats won by the party with the largest number of votes. Total votes cast for a party < proportion of seats the party gains in legislature.