Politics Unit 1 0.0 / 5 ? Government & PoliticsUK electoral systemsASEdexcel Created by: Clare BerginCreated on: 26-02-14 15:38 When was the EC referendum? 1975 1 of 37 Who was in power at the time? Labour 2 of 37 Why was there a problem? Labour was split 3 of 37 How was this resolved? They held a referendum 4 of 37 When was the first referendum on devolution to Scotland and Wales? 1979 5 of 37 What was the outcome Failed 6 of 37 When was the next referendum? 1997 7 of 37 What was the result? Scotland overwhelming yes, Wales only just over 50 8 of 37 When was the Good Friday agreement? 1998 9 of 37 What was the turnout for the referendum? 80% 10 of 37 What was the result? 70% yes 11 of 37 When was the referendum on having a mayor of london? 1998 12 of 37 What was the turnout? 34% 13 of 37 What referendum happened in 2004? North-east england devolution of power to english regions 14 of 37 What was the turnout of AV? 2011 42% 15 of 37 What was the result of this referendum? 75% no 16 of 37 What are the positives of referendums? Direct democracy, people accept outcome, govt. dont split over agreements, almost entrenches con. change and encourages p.participation 17 of 37 What are the negatives of referendums? Expensive, not very legitimate with small turnouts, issues too complex, representative democracy? 18 of 37 What are the ways to increase political participation? Compulsory voting, reducing the voting age, introducing electronic voting, reforming the electoral system, using referendums more widely 19 of 37 What is active citizenship? Idea that it is the duty of citizens to be politically active - developed by labour 20 of 37 What is big society? Idea that functions of the state should be replaced by local activism - developed by DC 21 of 37 Who uses STV? Scottish council elections and northern irish assembly 22 of 37 What sort of system is it? Preference 23 of 37 What do candidates need to achieve to be elected? A quota 24 of 37 How proportional? Reasonably so 25 of 37 Why does it work well in Ireland? Ensures a multi-party govt. 26 of 37 Which irish party does better because of it? Ulster unionists (became 2nd preference for Prots rather than voting for Catholics) 27 of 37 Which system is absolutely proportional List system 28 of 37 Where do we use it? European elections 29 of 37 Which british parties do better under this system? UKIP, the Greens and BNP 30 of 37 Why is a threshold sometimes used? To keep out extremist parties 31 of 37 What kind of system is AMS? Top-up system 32 of 37 Where is it used? Welsh assembly, Scottish Parliament, Greater London Assembly 33 of 37 How has it affected results in Wales? Better for conservatives and plaid cymru 34 of 37 How has it affected results in Scotland? Scottish Nationalist did better 35 of 37 What were the policies of the no campaign for av? expensive switch, system gave people more influence than others, coalition govt. more likely, vote no to show disapproval of NC 36 of 37 What were the policies of the yes campaign for av? Expenses scandal - mps would have to work harder as they would need 50% of vote and less guaranteed seats - no one wanted av so not passionate 37 of 37
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