________ are designed to mediate between the majority-enhancing effects and power-dispersing ...

________ are designed to mediate between the majority-enhancing effects and power-dispersing effects.
 
  A. Mixed electoral rules
  B. Selectoral rules
  C. Plurality rules
  D. Majority rules
  E. Proportional representation rules

 Q. 2

Under the _____, the candidate who receives the largest share of the votes in the electoral district wins the seat even if that share does not constitute 51 of the votes.
 
  A. mixed electoral rule
  B. selectoral rule
  C. plurality rule
  D. majority rule
  E. proportional representation rule

 Q. 3

The ________ tends to manufacture majority control of the legislature, even if the best-performing party does not win an actual majority of all the votes.
 
  A. mixed electoral rule
  B. selectoral rule
  C. plurality rule
  D. majority rule
  E. proportional representation rule

 Q. 4

In majority rule, if no candidate obtains a 50 percent +1 of the votes in an electoral district then ________.
 
  A. a coalition government has to be formed
  B. the candidate with the highest percentage of votes gets the seat
  C. a second round of elections with all new candidates is conducted
  D. the candidates form a divided government
  E. a second round of elections are to determine the majority winner

 Q. 5

Which of the following reflects the operation of parliamentary supremacy?
 
  A. courts refusing to accept the laws passed by the executive as binding
  B. high courts' act of invalidating laws passed by the legislature as unconstitutional
  C. judges' decisions remain subordinate to decisions of the legislative majority
  D. appellate courts' act of refusing to hear all the cases that are provided to it
  F. appellate courts' act of conducting a mandatory review

 Q. 6

Which of the following is an argument for the incorporation of judicial reviews in a democracy?
 
  A. During an emergency a government must be allowed to act without worrying about the Supreme Court.
  B. Judicial review gives unelected and unaccountable judges the power to invalidate legislation.
  C. Elected politicians from one political party or another typically appoint judges who share their political interests.
  D. Judicial review tempers the power of the majorities and supports a limited government.
  E. Judicial review insulates a set of political actors from both voters and elected officials.

 Q. 7

________ is the ability of a country's high court to invalidate laws the legislature and/or executive have enacted by declaring them unconstitutional.
 
  A. Parliamentary supremacy
  B. Universal jurisdiction
  C. Mandatory review
  D. Discretionary review
  E. Judicial review

 Q. 8

Which of the following systems ensure both separation of origin and separation of survival?
 
  A. parliamentarism
  B. presidentialism
  C. semi-parliamentarism
  D. semi-presidential hybrid systems
  E. selectorate systems