POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Single Transferable Vote, Proportional Representation
14 Apr 2013
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Proportional system preferences satisfied based on portion of vote. Plurality creates a winner, one more than the second place candidate (greatest number of votes) Menu-driven theory your choices are limited for you. To explain different elements of electoral systems. To explain how these elements affect outcome. Choices you make are a product of the ideas of what you want. Preferences are shaped by choices that are put before us. The way we translate votes (or preferences) into seats (results) The ballot structure: how we make our preference, in our system, you can only make one choice, choice on a ballot is: How many politicians per district: proportional representation. Does there have to be a certain threshold. How many seats in parliament: how many total seats will be won. You can either vote for one candidate, or rank candidates: ranking allows you to chose among a series of competing candidates. In pr systems the party ideology is the most important thing.
