Round 2 mistakes Prelim Flashcards
Interest Group Success
Unite and AFL CIO membership
Interest Group Success
(Size) Unite has 1.4 million members and won over £200m for it’s members in 2020
AFL-CIO has 12.5m members
Constitution
SA and Accessible example
Constitution
Accessibility- Public not sure if Boris Johnson broke the law in 2019 for proguing Parliament to get a no deal Brexit through
NZ constitution contains unwritten documents which are inaccessible (like the U.K.)
Ammednibility- 2/3 National Assembly to amend in SA
2 5 year terms max in SA
David Allen Green
“And, until effective checks and balances are returned to the British Constitution, the standard of policy making will continue to deteriorate”
Electoral Systems
Electoral Systems
DATE IS 2017 Malta Labour won 55% of the vote and 54% of the seats
Interest Groups Democratic
Participation
And U.K. representation
Interest Groups participation
14.6m US trade union membership and 6.4 million in the U.K. US pop 5x U.K. and U.K. has longer trade union history which may be due to size
Representation
23% of British employees in a trade union in 2018
Executive
Executive
In 2021 the Judicial Branch didn’t overturn Biden’s mask mandate Executive Order
President needs 60 votes in Senate for his (non federal court judge) appointments and in 2021 Antony Blinkton as Secretary of State with 78 votes in 2021 after he was appointed by Joe Biden
Small point: Tory rebellion failed to stop 2021 social care cap bill
E.g Boris Johnson had one vote towards the Social Care Cap bill
Kamala Harris split the bill on the American Rescue Plan Act after tie in Senate in 2021
Legislative
Representative
House of Lords unelected and 10% of peers are hereditary
Power over Excutive
2021-Senate only got 57 votes in favour of impeaching Donald Trump which requires a House of Representatives majority and a 2/3 majority in the Senate
If President isn’t being constitutional with a veto, the executive can be overturned by a 2/3 majority in both houses of Congress.
Trump’s veto of a defence spending bill overturned in 2021 as Senate got 81 votes in favour of overturning
Laws
2021-Social Care Cap bill in U.K. passed in both houses and in US Biden signs Stop Gap funding bill 2021 after Congress approval
Media
Media
Public Attitudes Immigration
In the US, many newspapers and tv channels e.g Fox News focused on the high number of immigrants entering the US from Mexico with 33% of Americans in 2021 wanting to decrease immigration, and 53% of British people in 2018 believe immigration is too high after many newspapers reporting the high numbers of immigrants entering the country and how it’s out of control, both countries the media have linked immigrants to terrorists and crime.
Worth noting Leave Campaign caused a lot of anti immigration so not completely media fault as well as Trump as makes you look smart and
the Australian PM Scott Morrison who had 283,000 followers (both stats in 2021).
In 2014 a survey found 59% of Spanish
Politicians and 48% of Danish politicians believe the media rather than Politicians decide
which issues are important in politics.
Voter Behaviour
Voter Behaviour
Sociological
2019 56% of 18-24 year olds voted Labour compared to in the US 62% of 18-24 years olds voted for Biden 2020
