Elections and Citizen Organizations

Question 1

Electoral System for chamber of deputies

Answer 1

500 members:
-300: FPTP, single member district
-200: PR: 5 districts, 40 seats each. Based on total national share for each party.

Question 2

Electoral Rules

Answer 2

Gender Parity (2014): 50% candidates women

Question 3

Electoral System for senate

Answer 3

Senate: 128 members:
-96: FPTP, 2 winning party, 1 runner up
-32: PR, national vote share

Question 4

Electoral History

Answer 4

1994- first time a foreign electoral observer was allowed to check the elections
1996 - INE, recently Morena not think is trust worthy enough.

Question 5

Political Party System

Answer 5

Multiparty system:
extremely dominated by PRI, which seems like heading to 1 party rule.

Question 6

parties system

Answer 6

Coalitions: get representations.
Similar small parties work together preventing votes from splitting.

Question 7

Social Movements and Interest Groups

Answer 7

NGO: cover what GOV fails (human rights, health, edu etc).

Women: national level to cause awareness of rising violence.