If the Green Party receives 15 percent of the vote in a proportional system, which of the following is likely to happen?
A) The Green Party would receive no seats.
B) The Green Party would try to form a coalition with other parties.
C) The Green Party would attempt to gerrymander districts to their advantage.
D) The Green Party would demand a recount of the votes.
If the Social Democrats receive only five percent of the vote, they would be most successful under which of the following systems?
A) Proportional representation
B) Single-member districts
C) Multi-member districts
D) Mixed-member
France requires a majority for the winning
candidate, with a second round run-off election in the event no one has a majority. In a recent election, the candidate who came in second place in the first round got only about one out of six votes in the second-round run-off. Why?
a) No one had a plurality in the first round.
b) Voters who opposed the candidate split their votes among many other candidates in the first round.
c) Voters voted for many different candidates in the second round.
d) The candidate was favored by many people who failed to vote in the first round.
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of proportional representation?
a) Proportional representation is more representative, and thus more democratic. b) Proportional representation creates a two party system which gives one party a clear majority and the ability to act decisively. c) Proportional representation is less susceptible to gerrymandering. d) Proportional representation better represents political, as well as ethnic and racial minorities.
Why are coalitions among parties seldom necessary in the United States?
A) Because elections are held in multi-member districts
B) Because elections usually produce more than two viable candidates
C) Because elections are held in single-member districts with plurality winners
D) Because of the multi-party system in the United States
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