POLI 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Single Transferable Vote, Civil Society, Instant-Runoff Voting
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Elections: method of assessing preferences thru votes, central to democracy, 2 basic types of electoral systems: plurality & proportional. Type of electoral system: hybrid: elect some representatives by proportional representation & remainder by non- proportional formula, new zealand, germany, russia, japan, scotland, welsh assembly. Political structure: considered an important feature of almost all political systems, criticisms, irrational since benefit of joining a party is minimal, divisive to society, particularly when parties are based on ethnicities, green party, ndp, bloc quebecois, conservative, liberals. It"s always been important to the studies: depending who you"re studying, it differs. Associations formed to promote a sectional interest in the political system . A journalist may construct a message to convey certain political information, but the audience may interpret it to mean something quite different. In absence of those values, democratic political systems are less likely to work.