Lesson 29

Question 1

Supplementary vote pros

Answer 1

Needs absolute majority

Less votes wasted than FPTP (due to second vote)

Doesn’t overrewarded winner

Reduces extreme - parties

Can reduce tactical voting (since voters get 2 votes)

Question 2

Supplementary vote cons

Answer 2

Still ‘winner takes all’

Still discriminates against smaller parties

Does not end tactical voting

Question 3

List system pros

Answer 3

Broadly proportional

Doesn’t over - reward winners

Lets small parties win

Less wasted votes (bc. they all count)

Simple + efficient to count winners

Eliminates safe seats

Eliminates tactical votes

Constituencies have multiple representatives

Question 4

List system cons

Answer 4

Likely to lead to coalition

Extreme parties get seats

Loss of strong links between MPs and constituencies, as each constituency has multiple MPs/representatives

Question 5

Single transferrable vote pros

Answer 5

More proportional (than FPTP)

Stops 2 parties dominating

Parties can put forward several candidates

Doesn’t ‘over - reward’

No safe seats

No tactical voting

Question 6

Single transferrable vote cons

Answer 6

More coalitions

More extreme parties

Complex + time consuming

People have to rank parties and people, when they might not know much about all of them

Question 7

Vids to help understand STV?

Answer 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0I-sdoSXU