Electoral Systems

Jack Johnson

@malkom

Different electoral systems at work within a democracy or republic; explains systems of voting and ballots, including plurality ballots, proportional voting systems, and cumulative voting. Topic includes the electoral college and proportional representation.

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Jack Johnson

@malkom

Different electoral systems at work within a democracy or republic; explains systems of voting and ballots, including plurality ballots, proportional voting systems, and cumulative voting. Topic includes the electoral college and proportional representation.

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A-Z of Voting Systems

An explanation of the different voting systems, how they work, where they're used and the pros and cons.
http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-systems
Electoral System Design - International IDEA

Choosing an electoral system is one of the most important institutional decisions for any democracy.
http://www.idea.int/esd/index.cfm
Voting system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A voting system or electoral system is a method by which voters make a choice between options, often in an election or on a policy referendum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_system
The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems

The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) is a collaborative, cross-national, multi-level survey research data collection conducted by election study teams in over fifty countries around the world. A consistent set of questions are asked in each country in order to facilitate comparative analysis.
http://www.cses.org
ACE - Electoral Systems

The Electoral Systems topic area focuses on the design, mechanisms, and effects of different electoral systems on national, local and supranational levels.
http://aceproject.org/ace-en/topics/es/default
Types of Electoral Systems

Differences between the US and Europe in institutional mechanisms.
http://janda.org/b20/Lectures/Week%205/W5-1Electoral_systems.htm
Electoral System - Political Science - Britannica

Method and rules of counting votes to determine the outcome of elections. Winners may be determined by a plurality, a majority (more than 50% of the vote) which is an extraordinary majority.
http://www.britannica.com/topic/electoral-system
How the Different Voting Systems Work - Telegraph

No electoral system is perfect some are more perfect than others.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/5496814/How-the-different-voting-systems-work.html
Voting Systems: Majority Election vs. Proportional Representation

With the majority election system, only one member of parliament is to be elected per constituency [area and group of voters living therein that is taken as a unit in the election process].
http://www.democracy-building.info/voting-systems.html

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A-Z of Voting Systems

An explanation of the different voting systems, how they work, where they're used and the pros and cons.
http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-systems
Electoral System Design - International IDEA

Choosing an electoral system is one of the most important institutional decisions for any democracy.
http://www.idea.int/esd/index.cfm
Voting system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A voting system or electoral system is a method by which voters make a choice between options, often in an election or on a policy referendum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_system
The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems

The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) is a collaborative, cross-national, multi-level survey research data collection conducted by election study teams in over fifty countries around the world. A consistent set of questions are asked in each country in order to facilitate comparative analysis.
http://www.cses.org
ACE - Electoral Systems

The Electoral Systems topic area focuses on the design, mechanisms, and effects of different electoral systems on national, local and supranational levels.
http://aceproject.org/ace-en/topics/es/default
Types of Electoral Systems

Differences between the US and Europe in institutional mechanisms.
http://janda.org/b20/Lectures/Week%205/W5-1Electoral_systems.htm
Electoral System - Political Science - Britannica

Method and rules of counting votes to determine the outcome of elections. Winners may be determined by a plurality, a majority (more than 50% of the vote) which is an extraordinary majority.
http://www.britannica.com/topic/electoral-system
How the Different Voting Systems Work - Telegraph

No electoral system is perfect some are more perfect than others.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/5496814/How-the-different-voting-systems-work.html
Voting Systems: Majority Election vs. Proportional Representation

With the majority election system, only one member of parliament is to be elected per constituency [area and group of voters living therein that is taken as a unit in the election process].
http://www.democracy-building.info/voting-systems.html

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Electoral Systems

Different electoral systems at work within a democracy or republic; explains systems of voting and ballots, including plurality ballots, proportional voting systems, and cumulative voting. Topic includes the electoral college and proportional representation.

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