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- 1What electoral system works on a majority?Proportional systems
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STV - 2What electoral system works on a plurality?Majoritarian system
FPTP - 3What is meant by universal suffrageEverybody has the vote
- 4Name a majortarian electoral systemFirst-past-the-post
- 5Name a proportional representation systemAdditional Member System
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Single Transferable Vote - 6What is a wasted vote?A vote that is cast for a loosing candidate
- 7What is a manifesto?A pamphlet listing the policies of a party
- 8What is meant by a safe seat + EXAMPLEA seat which is regarded as a fully secured.
Ben Bradshaw, Exeter MP - 9What is meant by a hung parliament?No political party has an absolute majority in government
- 10Core voters +EXAMPLEA core voter is a voter who votes for the same party consistently.
Up North tends to be dominated by Labour supporters. - 11What is meant by floating voters?A floating voter is a voter who votes for a party for short-term reasons. For example the Labour government may implement something which is of interest to the voter, thus they vote for that party.
- 12Explain the majortarian system of First-past-the-post- its a constituency system (650)
- one person one vote
- For each constituency, one candidate is elected
(Winner takes all effect) - 13Explain an implication of FPTP DISPROPORTIONALITY +EXAMPLEFPTP fails to establish a reliable link between the proportion of votes won by parties and the proportion of seats they gain.
A consequence of this is for the 'wrong' party to be elected. This happened in 1951, when the conservatives formed a majority but won fewer votes.
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