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Shelles

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What is a major criticism of the winner-take-all electoral system?
 
  a. It emphasizes political parties at the expense of individual candidates.
  b. It limits voter choice and makes it impossible for minor parties to compete in elections.
  c. It causes a pronounced tendency toward party decentralization.
  d. It makes forming a national consensus more difficult.
  e. It encourages the emergence of single-issue splinter parties.

Question 2

A predominant party regime is
 
  a. a multiparty democracy in which one party dominates the parliament and executive for a long period of time.
  b. the same as a single party regime.
  c. one in which a single party dominates the parliament but not the executive.
  d. one in which a single party dominates the executive but not the parliament.
  e. an authoritarian regime is dominated by a single party even though other parties do exist.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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