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voting and elections

TermDefinition
defining electoral systems the set of rules that structure how votes are cast during an election and how votes are converted into allocation of seats
what are the three rules Electoral Formula (EF) Ballot Structure (BS) District Magnitude (DM)
Electoral Formula and its three parts tells us how we translate voted into a winner 1- Plurality electoral formula (greatest number) 2- simple majority (more than 50%) 3- Proportional electoral Formula (everyone wins but they win the % that they won)
Ballot Structure Candidate centered- shows the names of the people or Party Centered - Parties only Republican, democrat
District Magnitude Single member district (DM=1) - my one vote leads to one winner Multi-Member Vote (DM>1)
What are the Two Systems Majoritarian and Proportional
Majoritarian system Any method of election where you have a PLURALITY or SIMPLE MAJORITY electoral formula w/ CANIDATE CENTERED ballots w/ SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT
Proportional system Any Method of election where you have a PROPORTINAL electoral formula w/ a PARTY CENTERED ballot and a MULTI MEMBEER district
US majoritarian election Primary and General election
What is First past the post
Primary Election voting for who will run in the general election only get to vote for one party different in most states but in texas it is SIMPLE MAJORITY if there isn't a majority then they take the TOP 2 and eliminate the bottom options and rerun the election
open v vlcosed open- you get to pick which party/primary you vote in closed- when you register to vote and pick a party that is the party you are stuck with to vote in the primary
general election the winners of primary go to the general where the election is then a PLURALITY (greatest #)
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