POLI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Alexis De Tocqueville, Sidney Verba, Robert D. Putnam
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Lecture 10 the modern citizen: participation and protest. Single member plurality system (first past the post: single member constituency, ballot: voter puts one x" beside his/her choice, seat won by person with the most votes, benefits: Simple, transparent, easy to understand for voter. Close link between mp"s and their constituencies: problems: Seat count does not reflect popular vote. Small parties lose out and are under-represented. Preferential or ranked ballot: single member constituency, ballot: voters rank candidates. Second and third choices redistributed until majority is reached: benefits: No wasted votes" second choices deployed. Provides answer to apathy votes count: drawbacks: Benefits centrist parties at expense of small parties. Proportional representation: elected seats are proportional to popular vote, multiple members in riding, two kinds of pr, party list system. Electorate votes for party/candidates chosen from list. Number of seats elected proportional to popular vote: mixed member pr system (ndp) Single member party + proportional representation (party list)
