Author Question: People who want a higher proportion of women legislators should favor: a. two-party, plurality ... (Read 58 times)

segrsyd · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

People who want a higher proportion of women legislators

should favor:
a. two-party, plurality voting systems.
b. two party, double-ballot voting systems.
c. multiparty, proportional representation systems.
d. two-party, proportional representation systems.

Question 2

In a country that has two large political parties and one

smaller party, elections using single-member districts and plurality vote could theoretically result in:
a. one party winning all the seats in the legislature with 45 percent of the vote.
b. a party not winning a single seat in the legislature with 45 percent of the vote.
c. the smaller party winning 23 percent of the vote and winning only 9 percent of the seats.
d. one of the larger parties winning 29 percent of the votes and 40 percent of the seats.