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1 Electoral Systems

2   Canada: all eligible persons vote for their representative who belongs to a party
The party with the most votes gains the “seat” for the area The party with the most seats becomes the government The leader of the party becomes the Prime Minister (assigned by the party) “First Past the Post”

3 First Past the Post Liberal PC NDP Alliance Bloc Other 45% 25% 15% 5%
5% 10% 75% 20% 40% 35% 65% Who won the first riding; second; third… What would happen if the PC and Alliance merge and share votes How many seats did the Liberals win – what percent is that What percent of the overall vote did the Liberals gain (5 = 71%) (36%)

4 United States: all eligible persons vote for their choice of representative on the ballot
However, citizens are actually voting for their member of the electoral college (based on the number of Senators and House of Representatives) The electoral college which obtains the most votes gets all of the votes for the entire state and they place the votes for the president “Two-party system” – “Electoral College”

5 Presidential Candidate
% of Votes % of Electoral Votes Gore 48.3 49 Bush 48.1 50 Other (Nader) 3.4 1

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7 Electoral vote 365 173 Popular vote 69,394,675 59,892,681
Obama McCain Electoral vote Popular vote 69,394, ,892,681 Percentage % %

8 Sweden: all eligible members vote for the party they support (representatives are assigned by the parties) The ballots for all parties are tallied up and the membership in the government is based on the proportion of votes the party received “Proportional Representation”

9 Rick Mercer Rant October 9 2007

10 Party % of Votes % of Seats Party % of Votes % of Seats
CANADA 2000 Party % of Votes % of Seats Liberal 40.8 57 Alliance 25.5 22 Progressive Conservative 12.2 4 Bloc Quebecois 10.7 13 New Democratic Party 8.5 CANADA 2004 Party % of Votes % of Seats Liberal 37 44 Conservative 30 32 Bloc Quebecois 12 18 New Democratic Party 16 6 Other 5

11 Presidential Candidate Presidential Candidate
UNITED STATES 2000 Presidential Candidate % of Votes % of Electoral Votes Gore 48.3 49 Bush 48.1 50 Other 3.4 1 UNITED STATES 2004 Presidential Candidate % of Votes % of Electoral Votes Kerry 48 47 Bush 51 53 Other 1

12 Party % of Votes % of Seats
SWEDEN Party % of Votes % of Seats Social Democrat 36.4 37 Moderate 22.9 23 Left-Wing 12 Christian-Democrats 11.8 Center 5.1 5 Liberal 4.7 Green 4.5


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