INTL 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Closed List, Open List, Two-Round System
20 Mar 2017
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Intl 3300 - lecture 8: legislatures and legislative elections. Represent citizens, vote on (and debate) legislation, control spending ( power of the purse ) Oversee the executive, can often remove the executive: request/demand information, votes of no confidence (parliamentary systems, impeachment (presidential systems) Socialize politicians into ways of the system: training ground for future chief executives, constituent service. Lower chamber: larger number of legislators, proportionality/smaller geographic constituencies, more reflective of population. Upper chamber: smaller in size and less directly reflective of population. Single member district (smd): first-past-the-post system. Plurality/winner-take-all: whoever wins the most votes wins the election. Majority: someone has to win over 50 percent of the vote to win: often have to hold run-off elections. Results in two-party system: problem: there is always someone who is not represented, run-off/alternative vote. Candidate with the absolute majority of first preferences wins.
