Greater London Assembly, Welsh Assembly, and Scottish Parliament elections
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How does AMS work?
-Voters get two votes
-FPTP vote for constituency representative
-'party list' vote for an additional representative
-party list uses multi-member regional constituencies
-additional members added proportionally
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How does AMS tackle the issue of 'safe seats'?
Increases a parties representation if they had strong regional support but couldn't beat safe seats
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In Scotland, how many are elected via FPTP and how many seats are filled using party list members
-73 elected via FPTP
-56 filled w/ party list members
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Give three advantages of AV
-strong link between FPTP elected MP and constituents who voted them in
-proportional when adding members based on party support
-wide choice (even 'split ticket' voting for two different parties)
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Give three disadvantages of AV
-smaller parties are less represented
-party list candidates have less legitimacy (not directly elected by voters)
-lacks democratic transparency (parties decide and order candidates)
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Card 2
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How does AMS work?
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-Voters get two votes
-FPTP vote for constituency representative
-'party list' vote for an additional representative
-party list uses multi-member regional constituencies
-additional members added proportionally
Card 3
Front
How does AMS tackle the issue of 'safe seats'?
Back
Card 4
Front
In Scotland, how many are elected via FPTP and how many seats are filled using party list members
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