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Legislatures |
Deliberative bodies composed of the decision makers who represent the population at large |
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Bicameral legislatures |
Two chambers or houses, are common in democracies |
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Lower chamber |
One whose composition is often less directly reflective of the population at large |
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Upper chamber |
Smaller in size, less directly reflective of the population at large |
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Upper chamber |
Smaller in size, less directly reflective of the population at large |
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Unicameral legislatures |
Common in countries with small population |
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Upper chamber |
Smaller in size, less directly reflective of the population at large |
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Unicameral legislatures |
Common in countries with small population |
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Congress |
Branches in a system with separately elected head of government |
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Parliaments |
Legislatures that choose their own head of government |
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District systems |
Allocate one or more seats in the legislature to each of a number of districts in the country |
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Constituencies |
The districts that are usually territorial, with different geographic regions representing the different districts |
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Constituencies |
The districts that are usually territorial, with different geographic regions representing the different districts |
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Single-member district (SMD) |
Divide up a country into a number of territorial districts, each district having the right to elect one legislator |
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First-past-the-post |
Plurality system in which the district holds elections and the candidate with the most votes wins |
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First-past-the-post |
Plurality system in which the district holds elections and the candidate with the most votes wins |
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Multi-member districts (MMD) |
In which more than one representative is elected from each district. |
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First-past-the-post |
Plurality system in which the district holds elections and the candidate with the most votes wins |
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Multi-member districts (MMD) |
In which more than one representative is elected from each district. |
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Proportional representation |
Deciding the seats in the legislature by the percent of votes in the election |
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First-past-the-post |
Plurality system in which the district holds elections and the candidate with the most votes wins |
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Multi-member districts (MMD) |
In which more than one representative is elected from each district. |
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Proportional representation |
Deciding the seats in the legislature by the percent of votes in the election |
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Open-list proportional representation |
(Used in Brazil and many European countries) voters choose individual candidates, but the candidates votes are combined together with the other members of their party, and then seats are allocated based on the parties performances |
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