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BPI Final ExamSingle member district system - correct answer ✔Aka winner-take-all aka
first past the post, results in a 2 party system, US has this
Mini lecture on lesson 9
proportional representation system - correct answer ✔The parties receive
the same percentage of seats (in legislature or parliament) as they do the
percentage of the vote, results in multiparty system (more than 2)
Mini lecture on lesson 9
Advantages and disadvantages of a parliamentary system - correct answer
✔Advantages: faster and easier to pass legislation aka no gridlock, speedy
removal of the PM in government
Disadvantages: parliamentary members aren't independence aka they can't
exercise discretion, immobilism
Ch 12 pg 230-235
Most important characteristic of a parliamentary system - correct answer
✔Fusion of power, legislative and executive branch are the same thing
Logrolling - correct answer ✔An agreement by two or more lawmakers to
support each other's bills
, Legislatures support each other, you scratch my back ill scratch yours
pg 241
Earmarks - correct answer ✔Federally funded local projects attached to bills
passed through Congress.
Trying to get an earmark is trying to get something for your district in
particular, a new bridge, more funding, etc, LBJ got NASA for Texas (he
brought the pork home!), useful in getting legislation passed
Filibuster - correct answer ✔A lengthy speech designed to delay or kill the
vote on a bill; used only in the Senate
Attempt to talk a bill to death
Most important is what does it take to end a filibuster? 60 votes (it only
happens in the senate)
Pg 241-242
Parkinson's law - correct answer ✔The principle that work expands to fill the
time allowed
We tend to see more and more regulations in bureaucracy
pg 265-267
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