POL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Secret Ballot, Polling Place, Asteroid Family

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 102
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Why elections : elections are the method of choosing representatives and include important functions : Representation (ability to participate in selection of individual) Accountability (voters can hold parties accountable for actions/inactions) Participation (play a role in whose ideologies are most desirable) Representation in the house of commons: canada uses a single member plurality system that invoices electing one representative from each electoral district and the party with plurality of votes wins. !1: hoc is based on representation by population, up until 1964, electoral districts were under the responsibility of parliament using gerrymandering : the drawing of boundaries for partisan advantage, particularly for the advantage of the governing party. Each parties candidates are expected to echo their parties message: most focus is on the party leader - their scripts are tightly focused on parties major themes. Campaign advertising: canadian elections act requires that broadcasting time for campaign advertisements be allocated on an. Do attack ads work : research suggests.