British pol Flashcards
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Effective parties
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2.1 in Majoritarian and 3.8 in proportion
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Larger party bias
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8% in majoritarian 1% in proportional
Le Duck Norris
2
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Durverger quote
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Plurality tends towards a two party system
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Liphaart quote
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A party large enough to get a majority has to be so catch all that it can’t have a unique ideology.
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% turnout of electorate
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76-13 61% UK 93% AUS
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PCC elections
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Average voter turnout of 15%
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UK party members
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Fell from 38% to 1% of pop
7
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Occupy
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Spanned 82 countries
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Voting by class
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70% of A&B classes voted, compared to only 54% of D and E.
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Explain recent voting behaviour/fall in voting
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- Outline reasons for current voter behaviour
- System encourages votes for larger parties
- Frozen system alienates
- Values shifted away from class cleavage
- Other forms of participation rising with technology shifting from conventional
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Presidentialisation
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Is becoming - Focus has changed from party to leader - All power can be pooled by the PM Is not - No national constituency - No counterbalancing legislature - Role adapts to the incumbent
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How are parties influenced by the system
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- Catch all parties
- Less smaller parties
- Hung parliament may prove that wrong
- Frozen on previous cleavages
- Other greater influences such as globalisation
