PL SC 003 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Electoral District, Droop Quota, Borda Count
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Electoral system: set of laws/regulations govern competition between candidates/parties/both. Ballot structure: how electoral choices are presented on the ballot paper. District magnitude: number of representatives elected in a district. Universal suffrage: when it(cid:859)s not restricted by gender, race etc. Single-party, alt. vote, borda count, party block vote etc. Single member district plurality: simplest/most commonly used majoritarian system. Cast single vote for candidate in ^, one with most votes wins. (cid:858)fi(cid:396)st past the post(cid:859). Criticized for making people choose the candidate that has the most likely chance of winning, not voted by (cid:448)ote(cid:396)s(cid:859) preference strategic voting. Alternative vote: one with majority wins, if not clear who has majority then one with lowest votes is eliminated (cid:272)heeky though so e(cid:448)e(cid:396)yo(cid:374)e(cid:859)s gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:858)ho(cid:449) to (cid:448)ote(cid:859) (cid:272)a(cid:396)ds. One elected representative per party so people k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)ho(cid:859)s a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)ta(cid:271)le a(cid:374)d (cid:396)espo(cid:374)si(cid:271)le fo(cid:396) thi(cid:374)gs like dist(cid:396)i(cid:272)t poli(cid:272)y. Less incentive to vote strategically, ranking is beneficial.
