parliamentary/ presidential systems

Question 1

presidential collapse dependent on levels of presidential support

Answer 1

3x more likely at lowest level of presidential support- probability of 0.9. at highest level of support this is 0.3 and collapse is more likely under presidential systems than parliamentary

Question 2

challenges to South American presidents

Answer 2

1978-2004- serious challenges to 42% of elected presidents in 10 SA countries
24% were actually forced from office before the end of their tenure

Question 3

average % of non-partisan members in presidential systems

Answer 3

29.7%

Question 4

average % of non-partisan members in parliamentary systems

Answer 4

0. 71 in monarchies

3. 2 in republics

Question 5

the difference in success rates in super majority conditions

Answer 5

parl: pres

89. 6%:82.6%

Question 6

the difference in success rates under majority coalition

Answer 6

parl:pres

76%:47.5%

Question 7

% of world’s democracies that are parliamentary

Answer 7

2008- 43%

1978- 74%

Question 8

proportion of world’s democracies that are presidential 2008

Answer 8

1/3

Question 9

proportion of world’s democracies that are semi-presidential 2008

Answer 9

1/4

Question 10

Formateur example of having power

Answer 10

2006 dead tie in Czech rep. in the second attempt to make the party the right wing one from which the formateur belonged, eventually 2 on the left abstained to voting so this succeeded

Question 11

democracies achieving 5 or better on polity combined score

Answer 11

2002- 76 democracies

32 parl, 25 pres