S03: Voting and Electoral Systems

Unparliamentary Language

Sep 18, 2018•59 min

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Episode description

Rob and Tom discuss the pros and cons of different voting systems, electoral systems and voter turnout.

TOPICS

- Voting Systems

— First Past the Post

— Alternative Vote

— Proportional Representation

——Single Transferable Vote

——D’Hondt Formula

——Hare and Droop

- Electoral Systems

- Voter Turnout

- UK Voting Reform

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SHOWNOTES

Types of Voting System

YouTube - Politics in the Animal Kingdom

Wikipedia - London Mayoral Elections

Wikipedia - D’Hondt Method

YouTube - D’Hondt with Jeremy Vine

Wikipedia - Hare and Droop Comparison

Parliament.uk - Turnout at Elections

Pew Research - U.S. trails most developed countries in voter turnout

Amazon: Comparing Democracies

Wikipedia - Democracy Sausage

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ATTRIBUTION

Recording engineer: Craig

Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

Main Image: Voting Screen - Cartoon by DonkeyHotey [CC by A 2.0]

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