Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Social Inequality, Single-Member District, Single Transferable Vote
28 Dec 2017
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Electoral systems: outline the institutional compromise we call representative democracy, discuss the major functions of elections, distinguish between majoritarian and proportional representation systems in general, explore the varieties with these categories. Canada not elect them: parties and policymakers, not bureaucrats, usually not judges we do not subject our justices to election in, not ceos, doctors, etc. Winner takes all system winner walks are ridings. Multi member districts (mmd) districts produce more than one politician. Winner takes some away with bulk of the power. Majoritarianism: alternative vote: single member district system but people have the opportunity to rank district candidates, first preference, second, etc, could happen once or several times to get a majority result, repeat if necessary, pro: What is a party: a group of people, a) organized for the purpose of winning governmental power, b) usually with common ideological orientation, c) a program covering a wide array of issues.
