Politics Unit 1 -Voting systems
- Created by: bethany_george
- Created on: 03-05-17 09:40
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- Political voting systems
- FPTP
- Adv's
- Likely to result in a strong Government (majority)
- Simple and easy to understand
- Quick to determine outcome
- Simple plurality
- Strong link between MP's and constituencies
- Disadv's
- Unfair on smaller parties
- Deter people from voting - wasted votes, low t/o.
- 2 party system
- Outdated system
- Not representative- many successful candidates don't have a majority
- Adv's
- AV - Alternative voting
- Adv's
- Increases voter choice
- Reduces number of safe seats
- Allows for more accurate view of populations political views
- Eliminates tactical voting
- Disadv's
- Costs a lot of money
- Takes a long time to complete
- Donkey voting
- Complicated ballot papers
- Adv's
- SV - Supp. voting
- Under SV each voter ranks from among the list of candidates a first and a second preference.
- Disadv's
- Not very proportional
- Smaller parties don't benefit
- Coalitions can be form if no majority
- Advan's
- Less safe seats
- More representative
- Few wasted voted
- Wider range of choice for voters
- Open & closed list
- Adv's
- Fewer safe seats
- Govt. may be coalition - represents a majority
- No wasted votes
- Disadv's
- Link between MP's & constituencies may be lost
- Constant Govt. coalitions
- Adv's
- AMS - Additional Member System
- Hybrid system, combines both proportional & FPTP
- Adv's
- Each voter has an accountable constituency rep.
- Broadly proportional
- Voters have 1 effective vote
- Disadv's
- Can cause animosity
- Many reps are accountable to the party leaders than voters.
- Can be complicated & unfair
- STV - Single Transferable Vote
- Adv's
- No safe seats
- Fewer votes are wasted
- Offers a choice of representative candidates
- Disadv's
- Risk of leading to large constituencies
- Time costly
- Donkey voting
- Adv's
- FPTP
- Advan's
- Less safe seats
- More representative
- Few wasted voted
- Wider range of choice for voters
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