Electoral Systems
- Created by: sineadcullen
- Created on: 04-06-17 16:27
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- Electoral Systems
- First Past the Post
- Advantages
- Results in a clear winner, easy to hold government to account
- Results in a single party government
- Easy to use
- Disadvantages
- Weak majorities so weak mandate
- Unfair to minor parties
- Can result in a large number of safe seats - 363/368 safe seats predicted before 2015 general election
- Simple plurality system
- Advantages
- Additional Member System
- when used in 2011 Scottish Parliament elections produced 44% SNP majority
- Gives greater voter choice - a minority party can be selected for national elections without the fear of it being a wasted vote, tactical voting may be reduced
- Hybrid system combines the First Past the post system with proportional representation Each voter typically gets two votes one for a candidate and one for a party.
- Referendums
- Good for democracy
- encourages political participation
- provides a mandate for controversial issues
- Bad for democracy
- ''Neverendum'
- Regular use could result in apathy and therefore low turnout
- A referendum may be called to settle a divisive issue or to settle disputes in a party
- Good for democracy
- Direct and Representative democracy
- Direct democracy - referendums
- Representative - MPs elected to Parliament
- Delegate theory of representation
- Trustee model of representation
- Electoral reform
- 2011 Alternative Vote Referendum - 67.9% voted "no"
- Additional Member System produces a stronger majority
- First Past the Post is unfair to minor parties
- Party List System
- proportional system
- Alternative Vote
- preferential system
- First Past the Post
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