The Political Party Development Act

What would the bill do if passed? Where are the people that it would affect?

Furthermore The First past the Post system gives rise to a coherent opposition in the legislature. In theory, the flip side of a strong single-party government is that the opposition is also given enough seats to perform a critical checking role and present itself as a realistic alternative to the government of the day. It advantages broadly-based political parties. In severely ethnically or regionally divided societies, FPTP is commended for encouraging political parties to be ‘broad churches’, encompassing many elements of society, particularly when there are only two major parties and many different societal groups. These parties can then field a diverse array of candidates for election. In Malaysia, for example, the Barisan Nasional government is made up of a broadly-based umbrella movement which fields Malay, Chinese, and Indian candidates in areas of various ethnic complexions.

In Political Parties and Party Systems, Alan Ware summarizes the two main competing theories that attempt to explain party systems. First, the Sociological approach and then the Institutional approach. In order to comprehend his analysis it is necessary to realize that party systems are in a constant state of evolution, they do not remain stagnant. This evolution may, at times, be imperceptible and at others very noticeable, such as during a revolution; but the change is undoubtedly occurring. It is much easier to understand these theories if you view these two theories from a flexible standpoint as opposed to having a concrete beginning and end with exact delineations in between.

Some common issues that political parties present can include problems with inequality, wrong education of the people, the spread of communal hatred, and the decrease of personal individuality. Issues with inequality originate from the thought that one political party doesn’t have the right to make decisions for the public and many citizens may not support everything that a specific Party supports. Educational issues with the political system are caused by political parties trying to obtain votes through false promises and propaganda, this type of advertisement creates misunderstandings among citizens. The spread of communal hatred is based on the fact that many people believe that religion based parties create hatred against other communities and cause conflict in our country. The decrease of personal individuality has also become an issue, this refers to how political parties expect people to follow them blindly and how these parties refuse to be criticized for their own shortcomings.

Political parties are critical structures in the modern society and universal phenomena in most democracies. In fact, they form major objects of intensive study as they are usually the centre of political and social power. They engage in most activities that are of significant consequence in the lives of citizens and link the common populace to the government. Therefore, it is important to understand political parties fully from every perspective of political systems so obtain their real importance in democracies. A political party is basically a group of citizens who converge as voters, activists, electoral candidates and office holders with a common party label and seek to elect party members into public offices. While modern political

In this essay I will assess the outcomes of Additional Member system, First Past the Post system and the Closed Party List system. The F-P-T-P system is used to elect the members of House of Commons and local government in England and Wales. Voters select candidates, and do so by marking his or her name with an ‘X’ on the ballot paper. This reflects the principle of ‘one person, one vote’. The Additional Members system is used in Scottish parliament, Welsh assembly, and Northern Ireland Assembly and Greater London assembly. It is a mixed system made up of F-P-T-P and party-list elements. The Regional party list (or the closed party list) is used to elect the

Have there been any major recorded votes on the bill? If so, did the vote take place in the House or the Senate and what was the result?

The role of decision making process plays in the activities of a political party by seeking the influence of the public and getting their candidate elected for office. When the time comes to make certain decisions, a political party has key tasks that they performsuch as: Interacting and educating the public about political values, transforming the publics opinions and turn theminto viable policy options, andmost of all choosing and training the candidates they want for the public office.

Party policy are extremely import for legislators follow. First of all they should not be in the party if they do not believe the party policies, and they should be in a different party. Policies in parties are so there can not people fight in party for their ideas. There also is the problem if the people who vote you in have really similar interests and that make it easier to vote your intrest even if they bad as this quote explains, “representative interest conflict which arises when Members share personal interests, for example in farming, fishing

The bill has many positives but at this stage these are the intended goals and only stipulations can be made as to its success.

As society went through these changes brought about by economic and technological advances, people’s perceptions of their world began to change. They divided themselves along their visions for the future and found that the original party system did not exactly conform to their ideas because it was based in a time different from their own. While some of their concerns, such as

Who proposed the bill and why? Representative Martha McSally. To make the borders more secure.

In the United States, we have a two-system party. Meaning that the two dominant parties, the Democrats and Republicans, dominate national politics. According to some scholars, the first major political division between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists established a precedent that continued over time and ultimately resulted in the domination of the two-party system (Sidlow chap.7, p. 164). One of the main reasons why the two-party system exists is because there is no alternative. Third parties find it extremely difficult to compete with the dominant parties therefore the two-system party prevails.

If party imbalance disorganizes dominant party minority party is pulverized. Minority doesn't fight. Young people gain dominant party, and second party goes national.

Dr. Bam pointed out that even though party crossing was a common characteristic among some very recognized democracies in the whole world, its execution in South Africa has highlighted some interesting issues and concerns for the democracy of our country. Dr. Bam stated that over the year’s floor crossing has formulated negative opinions as it is perceived as opposing the decisions made by the people and did not uphold democracy as it compromised the end result of the elections. According Dr. Bam, the IEC has submitted a request to the parliament against/or to eliminate floor crossing in 2001. Dr. Bam also challenged political parties to take a stand on this issue and make their voices heard to the Parliamentary structures.