Voting Systems Key Words
- Created by: Lily S Miller
- Created on: 19-01-17 15:25
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- Planning Short Response Questions
- What is an election?
- Process by which people vote to choose someone to be their political leader or representative in Government.
- In a democracy, the right to vote is the main way most citizens can influence the decisions about how their country is governed.
- Each political party identifies their policies in a manifesto that they promise to carry out if elected.
- Citizens make their choice by marking a ballot paper in secret.
- FPTP is used in Westminster elections.
- Citizens make their choice by marking a ballot paper in secret.
- Define Wasted Votes
- A vote that does not help to elect a candidate.
- 52.8% of votes cast in the 2010 election were wasted.
- What is Dealignment?
- When a large section of the electorate abandons its previous partisan affiliation.
- Class Dealignment happened in Britain Post 1960, as people became more educated, pursued better jobs and had more affluence.
- Define Proportional Represetation
- An electoral system where parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them.
- Single Transferable Vote and Party List PR
- What is an election?
- Citizens make their choice by marking a ballot paper in secret.
- FPTP is used in Westminster elections.
- Define Tactical Voting
- The act of voting for a political party or person that you would not usually support in order to prevent another party or person from winning.
- In a simple plurality system a voter may gain a 'better' outcome by voting for a less preferred but more generally popular candidate.
- Planning Short Response Questions
- What is an election?
- Process by which people vote to choose someone to be their political leader or representative in Government.
- In a democracy, the right to vote is the main way most citizens can influence the decisions about how their country is governed.
- Each political party identifies their policies in a manifesto that they promise to carry out if elected.
- Define Wasted Votes
- A vote that does not help to elect a candidate.
- 52.8% of votes cast in the 2010 election were wasted.
- What is Dealignment?
- When a large section of the electorate abandons its previous partisan affiliation.
- Class Dealignment happened in Britain Post 1960, as people became more educated, pursued better jobs and had more affluence.
- Define Proportional Represetation
- An electoral system where parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them.
- Single Transferable Vote and Party List PR
- What is an election?
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