PLS 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Plurality Voting System, Proportional Representation, Breastfeeding
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Lobbying direct contact made by an interest group representative in order to persuade government officials to support the policies their interest group favors. System where two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level. As a result, all or nearly all elected officials are members of one of the two parties. A citizen"s judgement of an officeholder"s job performance since their last election. Reagan knew how to deal with inflation and the national debt, unlike his incumbent counterpart. System which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government offices ex: governmental systems in italy and germany. Single-member plurality electoral system (winner-take all), limits their opportunity for electoral success. A voting in which decisions are made based on a plurality of the votes cast. A plurality is defined as the most votes obtained when more than two candidates or options exist, but none receives a majority vote.
