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Elections 1
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- 1What are the roles of elections? [5]-Allows people to pick representatives
-Gives democratic legitimacy
-Give a government a mandate
-Call government to account
-Educate the electorate about politics - 2Positive features of elections. [6]-Grant legitimacy
-Calls government to account
-Offer democratic choice
-Give mandate
-Offer participation
-Educate people - 3Negative features of elections. [5]-Limit choice between party manifestos
-Elections not fair/proportional
-Elections exclude small parties
-May give governments excessive power
-Elections help those with most money - 4Differences between elections and refurendums [5]-Elections wide issue/Ref only single issue
-Elections elect people/ Ref doesn't
-Elections regular/ Refs are not
-Elections complex answers/ Ref simple
-Elections include parties/ Ref cross parties - 5How does FPTP operate?-Constituencies vote to elect MP
-Highest vote wins
-Non proportional
-Majority of seats in parliament forms government - 6How does Aditional member system operate?-About 2/3 of seats elected by FPTP
-Rest of the seats elected by Regional list system
-Seats in the list system are awarded according to vote share, adjusted by descrimination under FPTP - 7How does Single transferable vote operate?-Several Reps returned per constituency
-Quota calculated Votes/Seats+1
-Electorate rank candidates
-Once candidate meets quota they are elected if there are more seats then bottom candidate dropped and 2nd votes get added untill quota reached - 8How does Regional list operate?-Parties present a list of candidates in preference order
-Voters have one vote for a party
-Seats are awarded to a party proportionally to vote share - 9How does Supplementary Vote operate?-Elects single candidate
-Voter picks 1st and 2nd preference
-If candidate gets over 50% they are elected
-If not then all but the top 2 are eliminated and 2nd pref votes are added - 10How does Alternative Vote operate?-Simular to SV need 50% of vote
-Voter ranks in order more than 2
-Difference: Bottom eliminated and 2nd votes added, repeated untill 50% reached - 11Arguments for electoral reform.-Unfair system as not proportional
-Wastes large number of votes
-Votes are not equal (safe seats)
-Desciminates against small parties
-MPs elected under 50% (legitimacy)
-Turnout is low
-Hung parliament in 2010 - 12Arguments against electoral reform.-Widely accepted/ Existed for long time
-Easy to understand
-Links MPs and their constituencies
-Tends to produce majority - 13Arguments for proportional represenstation.-Makes votes more equal
-Restore confidence in political process
-Helps small parties
-Reduces change of elective dictatorship
-Move to consensus politics
-Modernise the UK - 14Arguments against proportional represenstation.-No vote on AV shows little appetite
-Difficult for electorate to understand
-Allows extremist parties to gain foothold
-Weak goverment (no majority)
-Weaken constituency link - 15Where is AMS used?-Scottish Parliament
-Welsh Assembly
-Greater London Assembly - 16Where is STV used?-NI Assembly
-NI Local Government
-Scottish Local Government - 17Where is Regional List used?-European Parliament
- 18Where is SV used?-Elected mayors
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- AS level Politics (Exam 1) Flashcards on Elections 1, created by Jack Ives on 29/05/2017.
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