Assignment Instructions/ Description
Answer the following questions:
A. Briefly describe the basic mechanics of both electoral systems, explaining how choices are presented to voters on their ballots, and how individuals gain their seats in the legislature. The description of SMP will be fairly straightforward. The overview of PR will be a bit more involved; be sure to cover such things as the role of minimum vote thresholds, and how party lists are assembled.
B. Compare Single Member Plurality and Proportional Representation on the following criteria: (1) the ability of each system to produce legislatures where partisanship is proportional to the vote: (2) the number and nature of political parties that each system can support; (3) the capacity of each system to promote representation of minority viewpoints; (4) the capacity of each system to promote political system stability.
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