The Electoral and Campaign System

Introduction A political party is a political group that is known officially to be part of the electoral process that is able to support a candidate for elections on a regular basis. Political parties as well as elections tend to play a significant role in the politics analysis in countries across the world (especially developing countries) as well as in democratization and consolidating democratic political regimes. Political parties and elections are usually used as a scale for measuring the extent…

Electoral Systems Introduction According to Farrell, an electoral system can be defined as the determining means "by which votes are translated into seats in the process of electing politicians into office". The electoral systems are important due to a number of reasons. They are designed to define and elaborate how a political system is expected to function. Rhetorically, the electoral systems can be considered as the mechanism that works to ensure the proper functioning of the democracy…

The Electoral College System After the last presidential election, which is still underway apparently, there is much controversy over what should happen to the Electoral College system. There are people who say that the Electoral College is good but should be modified to meet the needs of the modern world. There are those who say that the Electoral College system is too outdated to be modified and should be entirely eliminated. Finally there are those who say that it is has stood the test of…

Majoritarian system provides for a stable government but considering South Africa’s political stability in the past, it can be argued that a hybrid system leaning more towards proportional representation is much more effective and relevant than a strictly majoritarian or proportional system to the South African government because of it’s inclusivity of all of the South African diverse citizens remedying the previous inequalities that the apartheid system introduced. Drawing from the ideologies…

The maturity of the political system in Britain has gradually shaped the British community. Britain at present is considered to be a Liberal Democratic state and one main component is the capacity of the government to conduct an election to allow the people to voice their needs in the national level. Election is the heart or the core of a democratic state , removing this would deprive the people of their right. After five years or if the Parliament was dissolved by the Queen with of course the…

Essay Question Number 4; The Electoral systems in the Caribbean needs to be changed. How real is this view? An election as a political process serves as the single most important mechanism for citizens to participate in the selection of a government. When conducted to international standards, elections tend to confer legitimacy on a government. In the Commonwealth Caribbean, the electoral experience varies and tends to reflect not only the socio-political culture of the member state but also…

the last two decades. This issue is the apparent flaws of the Electoral College System. The government is capable of functioning with this outdated and flawed system; however, it would function more efficiently if the system was replaced with a system that allowed the president to be elected by a direct popular vote. The only way to accomplish this completely would be to pass an Amendment. The Electoral College is the current system for electing the next president and the process is as follows:…

Beginning at the time the Electoral College was put into place, many debated over its pros and cons. As time has gone on, more and more people have begun to show support for a change in the system (Saad 2013). After George W. Bush defeated AL Gore in the 2000 election by losing popular vote, but winning the college, leading to a “legal recount contest”, many began to question the fairness of the college (Cohen, 2010). This marked the “third time in the nation’s history” the less popular candidate…

The roots of the Electoral College System can be traced way back to more than 200 years. A controversial debate on the effectiveness of Electoral College continues over years. The founders established it as a resolution between president choice by a vote in congress and choice of the president by qualified citizens’ popular vote. 538 electors constituted the Electoral College and 270 majorities of electoral votes choose the president. The United States got its independence from Great Britain, and…

The British Electoral System In democratic states, electoral systems are of great importance. Elections give people the right to choose their government; ensure that governments represent the majority (or largest minority) of the people; ensure peaceful changes of government (stability); allow people with fresh ideas an opportunity to enter the political arena; confer legitimacy of government and allow the government to expect people to obey their rules. Unfortunately…