In order to let Canadian citizens choose their government, usually every four years elections occur. Elections are a democratic process in which every political party tries to appeal to the public by having an electoral campaign and travelling across the country in order to present their promises and the reasons why they should be the party that forms the government. Whether it is the federal elections or provincial elections, media advertising plays a big role in the leader’s tour. It is true that a lot of money is invested for the funding of an electoral campaign, yet media pays off by giving the opportunity to political parties to communicate their messages to the electorate, reporting on the development of an election campaign, and reporting results of the vote counting and so on. The first-past-the-post system is an important concept in the electoral system. The first-past-the-post system is a single member election in which the candidate that gets the highest number wins. The only thing that matters is the highest number. A candidate could win even if he did not obtain the majority; the highest number count, all others count vote does not.
I did not really understand the purpose of a third party in an election campaign. Several examples, from real elections would be necessary in order to understand …show more content…
I did not really know about elections before and the chapter gave me good information for the understanding of elections and electoral system. The ability to vote is a democratic privilege that some people in certain countries do not have. Indeed, before only men could vote and it is only in 1921 that in Canada, women had the right to vote. However, every year less people are voting, especially those aged from 18 to 24years old, because they do not view it as a civic duty. If the number of voters decreases every year, why and how this disengagement may be damaging to society and could destruct important social
I did not really understand the purpose of a third party in an election campaign. Several examples, from real elections would be necessary in order to understand …show more content…
I did not really know about elections before and the chapter gave me good information for the understanding of elections and electoral system. The ability to vote is a democratic privilege that some people in certain countries do not have. Indeed, before only men could vote and it is only in 1921 that in Canada, women had the right to vote. However, every year less people are voting, especially those aged from 18 to 24years old, because they do not view it as a civic duty. If the number of voters decreases every year, why and how this disengagement may be damaging to society and could destruct important social