Sentence examples for majoritarian system from inspiring English sources
The lower one could be elected by proportional representation and the upper by a majoritarian system, or as, roughly, in Australia vice versa.
The strongly majoritarian system of Britain would probably be inappropriate in Switzerland, whereas the consensual arrangements of Switzerland or the Netherlands might be less satisfactory in Britain.
Initially they were inclined to use a majoritarian system, which would have given a significant bonus in seats for the parties winning most votes.
If the Commons used STV but the Lords some kind of majoritarian system a single party majority in the upper house could potentially block the policies of a broader, and more widely supported, coalition in the Commons.
If Trump can do it, out of the blue, without a solid ground game, and in a majoritarian system, then surely Marine Le Pen can do it, supported by a four-decades old, well-organised political party?
"If the current government had succeeded in creating a majoritarian system, they could at least assure voters that they can govern," said James Walston, a political scientist at the American University of Rome.
In the majoritarian systems of Britain and America, winners of districts take all, with a plurality of votes.
In practice, legislative electoral systems can be classified into three broad categories: plurality and majority systems (collectively known as majoritarian systems); proportional systems; and hybrid, or semiproportional, systems.
The authors discovered that the electoral system has "a strong and statistically significant effect" on levels of redistribution, concluding: "PR systems redistribute more than majoritarian systems" while "centre-left governments dominate under PR systems, whereas centre-right governments dominate under majoritarian systems".
Because of all this, we would be more engaged: the Justice Department's research found that "international evidence suggests that proportional systems have around five percent higher turn-out than majoritarian systems" like FPTP.
Anyone caring to inspect the league table for women's representation at the Inter-Parliamentary Union can draw a clear line across the top 100, with PR systems above and majoritarian systems below.
