Elections
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- Created on: 03-06-18 14:35
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- Elections
- Direct Democracy
- Bad?
- Limit effective govt. and electorate shouldn't be trusted
- Good?
- Pluralism, pure form of democracy
- Referendums, recalls and initiatives
- Bad?
- Congressional Elections
- Incumbency
- Mid-term elections
- Presidential Elections
- Campaign Finance
- Regulation attempts
- Requirements of a candidate from Article 2 clause 5
- Primaries and Caucuses
- Democratic?
- Low turnout (20-30%)
- Types
- Open
- Closed
- Modified
- Proportional
- Winner-takes-all
- Good way of choosing a candidate?
- Yes
- Increased choice
- Allows for outsider candidates
- Good determinant of a candidates stamina and weeds out the weak
- Best option
- No
- Not all states equal e.g. Iowa and New Hampshire
- Wasted votes from frontloading
- Divisive and too personal, puerile
- Yes
- Democratic?
- Campaign Finance
- Primaries and Caucuses
- Democratic?
- Low turnout (20-30%)
- Types
- Open
- Closed
- Modified
- Proportional
- Winner-takes-all
- Good way of choosing a candidate?
- Yes
- Increased choice
- Allows for outsider candidates
- Good determinant of a candidates stamina and weeds out the weak
- Best option
- No
- Not all states equal e.g. Iowa and New Hampshire
- Wasted votes from frontloading
- Divisive and too personal, puerile
- Yes
- Democratic?
- Democratic and Accountable government
- Frequent direct elections
- Universal adult suffrage
- Regular turnover of politicians
- Fair relationship of votes to seats
- Electoral College
- Good?
- Preserves voice of small states
- Usually gives absolute majority
- Bad?
- Lack of viability
- Faithless electors
- Good?
- Direct Democracy
- Good?
- Pluralism, pure form of democracy
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