Elections And Referendums: The Key Issues And Debates With Various Electoral Systems

Question 1

What are the main factors that used to analyse electoral systems?

Answer 1

Proportionality and a fair result
Voter Value
Promoting participation and turnout
Strong and accountable government
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Power of the party
Party choice and presentation
Comprehensibility and transparency

Question 2

What does FPTP usually generate?

Answer 2

Strong majority governments

Question 3

With FPTP what has no single party won more than since 1945?

Answer 3

Won more than 50% of the vote in a UK general election, with the closet coming in 1955 with the Conservatives getting 49.7% of the vote

Question 4

In 2015 what pressure group was formed and campaigned for a proportional not majoritarian electoral system?

Answer 4

Make Votes Matter

Question 5

who supports a replacement go the current FPTP electoral system?

Answer 5

The Green Party, SNP, Liberal Democrats, the Brexit Party, Plaid Cymru, and the Electoral Reform Society

Question 6

Why is the debate about electoral reform not always about democracy?

Answer 6

Because they parties that support the current system, gain from it as they are usually in power, and the critics are usually handicapped by it

Question 7

What do proportional system almost inevitably lead to?

Answer 7

Permanent coalition governments

Question 8

What does the electoral system impact?

Answer 8

The nature of government, making coalition/multiparty governments and voting behaviour