Lesson 29 (Moyninhan) Flashcards

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Supplementary vote pros

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Needs absolute majority

Less votes wasted than FPTP (due to second vote)

Doesn’t overrewarded winner

Reduces extreme - parties

Can reduce tactical voting (since voters get 2 votes)

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Supplementary vote cons

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Still ‘winner takes all’

Still discriminates against smaller parties

Does not end tactical voting

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List system pros

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Broadly proportional

Doesn’t over - reward winners

Lets small parties win

Less wasted votes (bc. they all count)

Simple + efficient to count winners

Eliminates safe seats

Eliminates tactical votes

Constituencies have multiple representatives

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List system cons

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Likely to lead to coalition

Extreme parties get seats

Loss of strong links between MPs and constituencies, as each constituency has multiple MPs/representatives

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Single transferrable vote pros

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More proportional (than FPTP)

Stops 2 parties dominating

Parties can put forward several candidates

Doesn’t ‘over - reward’

No safe seats

No tactical voting

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Single transferrable vote cons

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More coalitions

More extreme parties

Complex + time consuming

People have to rank parties and people, when they might not know much about all of them

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Vids to help understand STV?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0I-sdoSXU

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