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A non-partisan democracy is - correct answer ✔✔A democracy with no political parties
(T/F) A one party dominant system has only one legal party - correct answer ✔✔False
Political parties do what? - correct answer ✔✔Structure the political world
Mobilize the masses
Recruit and socialize the political elite
Provide a link between the rulers and the ruled
When we talk about "district magnitude" we are referring to: - correct answer ✔✔The number of
representatives elected in a district
Non-permissive electoral systems (such as SMDP) are thought to benefit a small number of large parties
because: - correct answer ✔✔- They have a strong mechanical reductive effect on the way votes are
translated into seats.
- There are many incentives to engage in strategic voting.
- There are many incentives to engage in strategic entry.
(T/F) No electoral rules allow a perfectly proportional transfer from votes into seats, though some
electoral systems are much more proportional than others. - correct answer ✔✔True
(T/F) Duverger's theory predicts that if a country with a homogeneous society (few cleavages) uses
permissive electoral rules, then it will have many parties. - correct answer ✔✔False
(T/F) Duverger's theory predicts that if a country with a homogenous society (few cleavages) uses
disproportional electoral rules, then it will have many parties. - correct answer ✔✔False
, If a country with a heterogeneous society (many cleavages) like Israel switched from its current
permissive electoral rules to a disproportional system (such as the one the US uses), what would you
expect to happen to its party system? - correct answer ✔✔The number of parties in the legislature
would decrease.
If the US changed its electoral rules and adopted a permissive form of PR (with large district
magnitudes), what do you predict would happen? (You should assume that the US has a fairly
heterogeneous society - that is, many cleavages.) - correct answer ✔✔The number of parties in the
legislature would increase.
Why do electoral rules affect how many parties a country has? - correct answer ✔✔Mechanical effect.,
which provides incentives for Strategic Voting and Strategic Entry
What is the connection between district magnitude and the permissiveness of an electoral system? -
correct answer ✔✔When district magnitude is high, permissiveness is high.
(T/F) The results of empirical tests of Duverger's theory show that increasing ethnic heterogeneity always
leads to more legislative parties, regardless of the permissiveness of the electoral system - correct
answer ✔✔False.
According to the logic of minimal winning coalitions (based on Table 14.17 on page 644 of the textbook),
is being in both potential winning coalitions politically advantageous? - correct answer ✔✔Yes.
Party discipline is higher when we use - correct answer ✔✔closed lists
The biggest factor influencing the proportionality of an electoral system is - correct answer ✔✔the
district magnitude
Parties form around social cleavages. Which type of cleavage creates a higher demand for political
parties? - correct answer ✔✔Cross-Cutting
____________ electoral systems are where the candidates that receive the most votes win - correct
answer ✔✔Majoritarian
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