PAW Flashcard 7

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What is election fraud?

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Unfair elections in which one group controls the results in order to gain power

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What is gerrymandering?

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The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent

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What are election monitors?

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People who keep a close eye on elections and then being run accordingly

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What is proportional representation?

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An election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.

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What is a coalition?

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A group of individuals with a common interest on which every political party depends.

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What is a majority government?

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A government in which the ruling party has more than half the seats in the legislature.

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What are voting districts?

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Internal boundaries that divide a country's electorate into subnational regions

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What is a minority government?

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A government in which the ruling party has less than half the seats in the legislature.

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What are seats in the context of elections?

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A position as an elected member of a government, or as a member of a group that makes official decisions.

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What is vote-rigging?

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A problem with voting, election manipulation.