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Electoral Systems, Readings - Coggle Diagram
Electoral Systems
Questions
Complementarities of electoral and political sistems. Moving from majoritarian to proportional.
Alternative
vote
Polarization
Identity
Easy to vote and count
New cases (Maine)
Effect of heterogeneity
(United States by state)
Effect of quotas
Gerrymandering
Lectures
Dimensions
Ballot structure
Electoral
formula
Majoritarian
Two-round
System
One candidate in each constityency per party
One vote per citizen
Second round if candidates don't get 50% (or other)
Alternative
vote
One candidate in each constityency per party
Citizens rank
Elimination and continius conting until 50%
First past the post
One vote per citizen
Candidate with most votes wins.
One candidate in each constityency per party
Propotional
Closed
Vote for the party list
Open
Vote for the candidate
Mixed
Independent
Independent on the distribution of seats in majoritarian system
Dependent
Dependent on the distribution of seats in majoritarian systems (compensate)
Distric Magnitude
Sustainable
institutional design
Polarize groups
MR are ill-advised
But it depend on minorities concentration and size
PR
Lower politicans quality
Increase the number of parties.
Electoral reforms
Only feasible if increase ruling partie's vote share
Effective threshold are decreasing
Move from MR to PR
More engranchised voters
New parties strong but np dominant
Readings