Week 15: Elections and political parties

Question 1

Effects of Philippine Electoral System

Answer 1

• Minority leadership
• Leaders are susceptible to opposition
• Leaders do not show allegiance to the party
• Coalitions are not common or lack of coalition building
• Proportional representation does not exist
• The link between the results of the elections and the configuration of leadership in government is diluted (Aceron, 2009)

Question 2

tasked to screen candidate selection, formation of political alliances, political objectives and vision in response to problems faced by the nation and interest confluence.

Answer 2

political parties

Question 3

the following list of functions that political parties must perform:

Answer 3

1) Representation
2) Elite Formation and Recruitment
3) Goal Formulation
4) Interest Articulation and Aggregation
5) Socialization and Mobilization
6) Organization of Government

Question 4

the capacity to respond and articulate the views of both members and voters.

Answer 4

Representation

Question 5

the ability to mold the political elite tasked to govern the body politic.

Answer 5

Elite Formation and Recruitment

Question 6

the development of programs of government with a view of attracting popular support

Answer 6

Goal Formulation

Question 7

the task of combining and harmonizing different demands and expressing them into coherent policy formulation.

Answer 7

Interest Articulation and Aggregation

Question 8

the formation of a national agenda and the creation of a public discourse to raise political awareness and build the necessary values and attitudes that would constitute a larger political culture.

Answer 8

Socialization and Mobilization

Question 9

he power given to apolitical party that gains the necessary votes to constitute the governmental elite, filling governmental posts with elements from the party ranks

Answer 9

Organization of Government

Question 10

conceived under the 1987 Constitution and was part of the adoption of multi-party system.

Answer 10

Party List System

Question 11

a democratic process which is a major source of political recruitment, a means of making government and of transferring government, a guarantee of representation, and a major determinant of government policy

Answer 11

elections

Question 12

organized for the purpose of winning government power by electoral or other means

Answer 12

political party