Politics Ch.11

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the norms and standards are set out in treaties, conventions, and guidelines

Which of the following statements pertaining to electoral integrity is true

electoral formula

a ___ determines how votes are translated into seats

natural threshhold

a ___ is a mathematical by-product of the electoral system

majoritarian electoral system

a ___ is one in which the canidates or parties that recieve the most votes win

electoral system

a set of laws that regulates electoral competition between canditates and parties known as a

false

all majoritarian systems require the winning canidates or parties to obtain a majority of the votes

campaign strategies, such as advertising and opposition research tactics

all of the following factors have been found to contribute to the United States' low perceptions of the electoral integrity except

single transferable vote

all of the following proportional electoral systems employ party lists except

a legacy of success

all of the following were identified as domestic strutural constraints that can influence electoral integrity except

it imposes significant costs on the electoral administration

all of the following were identified as strengths of the majority-runoff two round system except

false

as district magnitude increases and with it the geopolitical size of the district the linkage between representatives and their voters strengths

True

district magnitude is the number of representatives elected in a district

false

elections only occur in democracies

open party list

in a ___ voters can indicate not just their preferred party but also their favored candidate within that party

true

in democracies elections serve both a practical and a symbolic role

true

mixed electoral systems help produce proportional outcomes at the same time as ensuring that some elected representatives are linked to particular geographic district

true

no electoral system is a winning situation for everyone involved

false

single member district plurality systems are exspensive to administer

true

single nontransferable vote system increases the likelihood that extremists will be elected potentially destablizing the political system in the process

alternative vote system

the ____ is a majoritarian system in which the winning canidate must obtain a majority of the votes

list proportional representation

the electoral system used by the most countries is

single-member district plurality

the electoral system used for legislative elections for the house of representatives in the united states is

electoral integrity

the extent to which the conduct of elections meets international standards and global norms concerning good elections is referred to as

their simplicity

the greatest strength of single-member district plurality systems is

true

the majority-runoff two-round system hurts minority representation

electoral threshhold

the minimum level of support a party needs to obtain legislative representation is referred to as

true

the most common method used for electing presidents in the world today is the majority runoff two round system

single nontrnsferable vote system

the simplest and most commonly used majoritarian system in the world is considered to be a

true

violations of electoral integrity are referred to as electoral malpractice

true

voters have even more flexible in free party lists

true

wealthy countries are more likely to be democratic

it is when the electoral system uses both a majoritarian formula and a proportional formula

what is a mixed electoral system

the number of seats in a district

what is measured by district magnitude

1

what is the district magnitude in a single-member district

true

where the major parties frequently attempt to negotiate deals with smaller parties for their second preferenes prior to an election in a process known as preference swapping

they tend to produce a more accurate translation of votes into seats

which of the following is considered to be the main strength of proportional representation systems

free party list

which of the following party lists allows voters to have multiple votes that they can allocate either within a single party list or across different party lists

majority-runoff two round system

which of the following systems is by far the most common method for election presidents around the world

single nontransferable vote system

which of the following types of systems works in multimember districts instead of single-member districts

formal threshold

which of the following types of thresholds is explicitly written into the electoral law

closed party list

which type of party list gives the most power to the party over the individual canidates

canidates can guarantee their own election

why are single nontransferable vote systems considered problematic

true

with mixed systems is that they can create two classes of legislators one that is responsible and accountable to a geographic constituency and one that is more beholden


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