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    and a second for a party. When the votes are counted the constituency representatives are elected from the first vote. The constituency representatives fill half of the six houndred and fifty-six seats. The party vote is made proportional to the amount of votes cast but computing how many seats each party would be entitles to and then subtracting from that number the amount of seats each party has won in the constituency vote. The figure remaining is equal to the number

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    A presidential government does not depend on legislative majority to exist. A semi-presidential government does depend on legislative majority to exist and has a popularly elected official. A parliamentary government only depends on a legislative majority. A government in a parliamentary system is composed of a prime minister and the cabinet. A cabinet is a group of ministers. Cabinet ministers have responsibility for what goes on in their ministry, known as ministerial responsibility. Ministers

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    be noted that elections have been characterised by violence during and after the elections, and also despite the conduct of elections, Zimbabwean political culture is that of a one party which has been able to win all the elections since post- independence. Also, from the literature above, there seem to be lack of consideration on the aftermath of democratic elections in terms of electoral violence. There is much emphasis on regular conduct of elections as a determinant to democratic governance,

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    Proportional representation system is a system in which the variety of seats held by way of contributors of a political party in a legislature (such as a parliament) is decided with the aid of the quantity of votes its candidates get hold of in an election.[ (n.d.). Retrieved September 04, 2016, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proportional representation ]With the proportional illustration system several participants of parliament are to be elected per constituency. Basically each

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    American politics has evolved significantly over the years. The election this year involves a lot of controversies. Donald Trump has come out as a controversial candidate. The 2016 election involves competition between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Apart from the federal government of the United States of America, each state has its own form of government that runs the affairs of the state independently. There is both state and federal politics in the United States (Kamarck, 2016). Political

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    on this matter. By taking into account of the history of our party’s own vote, the advantages and benefits that the First Past the Post electoral system would bring to our party evidently outbalance those of other formulas such as mixed-member proportional or preferential ballot systems. Before I delve further into reasons as to why we should oppose the reform and keep the present First Past the Post

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    First Past the Post Vs. Proportional Representation in Canadian Elections Two years have passed since Canada’s last election. The 2015 Canadian election was promised to be the last election using the first-past-the-post system otherwise known as a single-member plurality system (“The Electoral System of Canada”). Proportional Representation is another system that has been touted as an alternative to Canada’s current system. While it remains to be seen if Canada’s election system will receive an

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    are inevitable, the way states tax their citizen may be vastly different. I compared two states in order to understand the contrast and comparison between their state’s tax system. I chose to research the tax systems of Oregon and Florida. Oregon and Florida are two states that are distinct from each other not only in location but in their state’s tax system as well. Oregon is heavily dependent on a personal income tax, however, Oregon is not dependent on sales tax by all means. On the other hand

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    The use of flat (proportional) tax rate seems like a fairer option in my opinion. The reason why I think this is because we talked in class that the more money you make the higher your tax bracket is requiring the rich to pay more and the poor to pay less in comparison. This is causing companies to go overseas rather than staying in America which in effect could cause less jobs in America in general. Secondly, I feel that it would make a simple system and allow everyone to know exactly how much their

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    Executive Summary Founded in 1784, the Bank of New York is the oldest bank in the United States. It was the first bank in New York that opened just months after the departure of British troops from American soil in lower Manhattan. During that time period the monetary system was complex and confusing. The founders decided that The Bank of New York wasn’t going to be a common institution that capitalized on land; it focused on specie, which is money in coins. Then in 1792 the first corporate stock

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