Electoral system 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? Government & PoliticsUK electoral systemsA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: olivia.alexxCreated on: 20-12-22 10:51 The method used to calculate the amount of elected posititions in government that individuals and parties are awarded after elections Electoral system 1 of 9 Formal decision-making process in which citizens vote for what they want, this creates representative democracy Election 2 of 9 A simple plurality electoral system, members vote for which MP they want to represent their constituency, MP with most votes wins First-past-the-post (FPTP) 3 of 9 A constituency in a legislative body which is considered fully secure, the same political party retains the seat from election to election Safe seats 4 of 9 A seat that isn't guaranteed to be taken by one party, can be held by smaller parties Marginal seat 5 of 9 A government formed by a political party that doesn't have an overall majority of MP's Minority government 6 of 9 A government formed jointly by more than one party Coalition government 7 of 9 Each voter is allowed to vote for only one candidate and the winner of the election is the candidate who represents a plurality of votes Plurality electoral system 8 of 9 The party who receives the most votes is the party who runs the party Majority electoral system 9 of 9
US Electoral College System (Strengths and Weakness) Politics 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating Teacher recommended
Comments
Report