Year 12 Politics Electoral Systems

which electoral system is a plurarilty system?

• AMS
• FPTP
• STV
• SV

What is a NOT key feature of FPTP?

• Simple voting
• single member constituency
• link to constituency
• proportional outcome

Which system is a hybrid system ?

• AMS
• STV
• SV
• FPTP

WHAT DOES PLURALITY MEAN ?

• The winner takes more votes on the supplementary voting
• the winner receives more votes than all of thier opponents put together
• The winner has more votes than any of their oppponent
• The winner has met at least 50% of the vote

what is a NOT consequence of "safe seats"

• wasted votes
• little attention paid to voters in those areas
• voter apathy
• parties spend more money campaigning there

what is tactical voting ?

• when a voter switches their vote to try to block the less favooured party.
• when a voter wastes their vote
• when a voter supports their own party when they know they cannot win
• when a party does not put up an oposition candidate

where do they use the sytem of STV

• London Mayor
• Northern Ireland Assembly
• General elections
• Wales

what did did the coalition between Conservative and Lib Dems occur

• 2022
• 2011
• 2010
• 2019

Who is the leader of the Opposition

• Theresa May
• Kier Starmer
• Angela Rayner
• Dominic Raab

What years where the Palriamnetary acts ?

• 1918 and 1949
• 1911 and 1945
• 1811 and 1849
• 1911 and 1949