Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Universal Suffrage, Instant-Runoff Voting, Majoritarianism
5 Apr 2016
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Liberal democracy: who should be subject to elecion: paries and policymakers, not bureaucrats, usually not judges, not ceos, doctors, etc. How do we subject people to elecion: universal sufrage (equal right to vote, secret ballot, less inimidaion and less likely to have corrupion (buying votes, compeiive elecion, a free and independent society. Botom up: produce new poliicians the right stuf, no elecions=no new poliicians, are elecions the best way to train poliicians, make governments directly or indirectly, directly: elecing a prime minister. Indirectly: choosing a legislature b: representaion or electoral punishment, funcional for allowing popular views to be represented, what if the poliicians that get elected do not follow the popular views? c. If they are not good, they can be voted out (but ater a period of ime) Doesn"t need 51% of the vote, only requires that candidates be the irst past the point. If you are a ndp or green supporter, in an area with mostly.
