POLI 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Plurality Voting System, Proportional Representation, Family Values
22 May 2018
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Vote by different indicators of 2016 election.
For whom did Respondent vote for president by party ID.
-partisanship played big role in election.
Race: expected results.
Age: younger to older: somewhat of a downward trend for Clinton.
Economics: If you thought economy was better than last year, you heavily favored Clinton
Should there be more emphasis on traditional family values?
-strongly agree: votes for trump more
-disagree strongly: for Clinton
Country needs a strong leader to take us back to the true path
-agree strongly: heavily favored Trump
-disagree strongly: heavily favored Clinton
Comparative and Foreign Influence
Research has taken American based theories and looked to see if they work in other countries.
Economic voting literature successful in other parts of the world. Instittuional variations in other
countries.
How do institutional differences. If French election was done in US system, what would happen?
Proportional representation vs single member plurality
Second ballot system
-SMP but if no candidate gets majority, run off between top 2 candidates
Ranking candidates:
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