Author Question: According to Duverger's Law, a country with single-member plurality districts tends to have a ... (Read 19 times)

jasdeep_brar · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

According to Duverger's Law, a country with single-member plurality districts tends to have a two-party system because

A. third parties tend to be banned by statute.
B. having more than two parties is too confusing for voters.
C. voters prefer to think in pairs like ins/outs or incumbents/challengers.
D. third and fourth parties tend to receive no representation for the votes they receive.

Question 2

When parties commanding most of the legislative seats are not too far apart on politics, and have a reasonable amount of trust in each other and in the political system, this is called a (n)

A. consensual party system.
B. conflictual party system.
C. accommodative party system.
D. collaborative party system.