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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which term BEST describes the American political party system?
multi-party
one-party
third-party
two-party
a body of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body.
Constituencies
absolute majority of votes
majoritarian system
plurality system
A set of rules that decide how votes are cast, counted, and translated into seats in a legislature
majoritarian system
plurality system
electoral system
first-past-the-post system
An electoral system where the candidate with the most votes wins regardless of whether that person has a majority of the votes cast; there is no runoff election.
first-past-the-post system
multimember district (MMD)
proportional representation
open party list
An election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.
proportional representation
plurality system
majoritarian system
first-past-the-post system
