Sentences with phrase «majority electoral system»

This system is sometimes referred to as a jungle primary or majority electoral system.

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It found that while some Canadians — 17 per cent — are comfortable with the current system, a majority believe that our electoral system needs some kind of change.

That does not mean - and this has to be clear - a supposed simplification of the electoral system, by abolishing the proportional system in favour of majority mechanisms.

The review of the Dáil electoral system was considered in May and June 2013 — the majority favoured minimal change to the basic structures of the Dáil electoral system.

Because the electoral system makes an overall majority for one party unlikely, the first minister is normally elected by a coalition of parties that have agreed to form the Executive.

The right - wing media is constantly trying to depict the current system as favouring Labour because the electoral arithmetic implies that the Tories need about 4 % more votes to gain a parliamentary majority than does Labour.

With neither Labour nor the Conservatives likely to be capable of forming a majority government and given the SNP's fragmented unionist opponents north of the border, Britain's first - past - the - post electoral system could allow Nicola Sturgeon's party to exact a high price for support of a government in the Commons.

There is a precedent in a UK - style electoral system: In the 1989 provincial election in Alberta, Canada, the Progressive Conservative party won a majority while its leader, Don Getty, lost his own seat.

Four years later the SNP went on to prove that it was possible for one party to win an overall majority under Holyrood's proportional electoral system.

The SNP are expected to retain the majority they won in 2011 contrary to expectations and the electoral system in use.

One immediate response is that the electoral system is working again and producing a strong, majority government: the Conservatives can claim that they clearly won the election.

Their majority is an artifact of the electoral system and not a true reflection of the choices of voters.

Thanks to the anomalies of the electoral system, assuming the Lib Dems poll around 15 %, the Conservatives will need a 7 % lead over Labour to secure a majority, while Labour need muster only a 1 % margin.

Since the first - past - the - post electoral system is employed, the governing party often enjoys a large majority in the Commons, and there is often little need to compromise with other parties.

When the British Columbia considered the question of whether to reform its electoral system from majority rule election of legislators to some form of proportional representation, the Government of British Columbia created a body called the British Columbia Citizen's Assembly, composed of citizens from throughout the province.

But it also stressed that the electoral system also made it more difficult for Labour to win a majority.

He secured a majority via an electoral system specifically designed to prevent it.

--RRB- The winner - takes - all - electors in a state system is also a means by which smaller states gain disproportionate representation and it also helps create a mandate for the President by giving the winner a big majority in the electoral college.

The inherent bias of the electoral system means that if Labour were to poll just 36 per cent at the next election, the Conservatives 33 per cent, the Lib Dems 14 per cent and UKIP 7 per cent, Miliband would have an overall majority of more than 20 seats.

However, there is an obvious gap in the White Paper as it stands - the very reason why a majority of people think their views are not represented, and one of the barriers to greater diversity of candidates for local elections: our First - Past - the - Post electoral system.

Pier Luigi Bersani's centre - left bloc managed to win a majority in the lower house by dint of the electoral system's generous winner's bonus.

If Conservatives could get a majority of cross-bench peers to block changes to the electoral system, then it would at least impede the introduction of AV + for General Elections.

Under the first past the post electoral system, many Labour votes were «wasted» as part of large majorities for MPs in safe seats rather than into holding onto marginal seats.

According to the analysis in the Telegraph, an eighteen point lead would only translate into a relatively modest majority of fifty seats, which highlights the extent to which the electoral system currently works against the Conservatives.

That would see Mr Cameron facing a furious revolt from his backbenchers and grassroots Tories, as the man who failed to win a majority last May and who had now lost the electoral system they love too.»

The Italian court has been crucial in allowing referendums in the 1990s (indirect impact) and scrapped the majority bonus of the then electoral system in 2013 (direct impact).

A cynic might argue that with an electoral system that translated slightly less than 40 % of the popular vote into a commanding majority in the Commons, the Liberals — in third place in the polls when they released their proposal — will rue having promised to replace first - past - the - vote elections.

Graham Allen, who was Labour chairman of the Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee in the last parliament, said MPs should be recalled next Monday, if no party wins a majority to discuss the election outcome — including the electoral system.

If it does that, it can campaign for a no vote and hope that someday a new Tony Blair will emerge with a programme with enough electoral appeal in southern England to deliver an overall Labour majority under a continuing first - past - the - post system.

Lamont also won majorities in two groups of Labour's three - tier electoral college system, securing the support of parliamentarians and affiliated bodies such as trade unions.

Increasingly, our democracy recognises that fact, with fairer electoral systems and more power - sharing between parties in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, none of which has a legitimate majority on its own.

The science occurs when different voting systems are considered: the electoral college vs majority rule vs approval voting vs rank voting.