AP Comparative Government Unit 4

An electoral system based on proportional representation is more likely than a system based on single member districts to encourage

the development of a multiparty system

Which of the following is a difference between the legislative electoral systems in Mexico and Britain?

Members of the British House of Commons are elected in single-member districts, and members of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies are elected in single-member districts and through proportional representation.

Which of the following pairs of countries uses only single-member districts in the electoral system for its legislature?

The United Kingdom and Nigeria

A second round of voting is held in a Russian presidential election when

no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round

Based on the table above, which political party in Great Britain would gain the most seats from a change to proportional representation?

Liberal Democrat

Compared to parties in a proportional-representation system, parties in a single-member-district system are typically

less ideological and less class-based

Which of the following election systems is most likely to produce the largest number of competitive political parties?

Proportional representation

Which of the following is a common criticism of first-past-the-post voting systems?

Minority groups may be underrepresented.

Before the Mexican elections of 2000, the presidential nominee of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) had been chosen by which of the following processes?

Selection by the sitting president

China's current economic and political systems can best be described as which of the following?

Economic System: Mixed

Political System: Authoritarian

Which of the following best describes the trend in the data for Independents?

The number of Independents decreased between 1993 and 2016.

Which of the following best describes the trend in the data for the Communist Party?

The Communist Party has consistently been one of the top three parties to receive seats in the Duma, and it was the largest party in 1999.

Which of the following best describes the trend in the data in the table?

There was a decline in the number of parties in the Russian parliament between 1993 and 2016 and a shift to a dominant party.

One similarity between Russia's Duma and China's National People's Congress is that both have

been dominated by one political party

Party discipline in Great Britain tends to be strong because

a government's tenure in the House of Commons relies on its ability to maintain party support

Public policy in Nigeria is influenced by both domestic and international factors. All of the following factors are central to the Nigerian policy-making process EXCEPT

single-party dominance in the legislature

The voting behavior of members of the British House of Commons is principally determined by their

party affiliation

Which institution has responsibility for organizing federal elections in Mexico?

The Institute of Federal Elections (IFE)

Which of the following explain the effects of different party system between two countries studied in the AP Comparative Government and Politics course?

In the United Kingdom, single-member plurality districts have created a two-party system, whereas in Iran formal political parties do not exist.

For most of its history, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in Mexico has been

a dominant party

Small parties in a single-member district plurality system are more likely to win seats when they

appeal to a geographically concentrated population

Compared with first-past-the-post, a proportional representation electoral system

gives third parties a better chance at winning seats in a legislature

What is a similarity between elections for the United Kingdom's House of Commons and elections for the Nigerian House of Representatives?

Members are directly elected by plurality in single-member districts.

Which of the following statements best represents the outcomes of the two elections illustrated above?

Figure A shows the outcome in a first-past-the-post electoral system, while Figure B shows the outcome in a proportional representation system.

The author's claim regarding the significance of the Nigeria's Middle Belt is tied to which of the following features of Nigerian elections?

To win the presidency, candidates must get at least a plurality of votes nationwide with at least 25% of the vote in two-thirds of the states.

The religious and ethnic characteristics cited by the author have resulted in a Nigerian electoral system characterized by

rules for presidential elections that seek to give the winner a mandate to govern

The religious and ethnic differences cited by the author are important for understanding Nigerian politics because

they have challenged the legitimacy of the government over time

Which of the following is a difference in the outcome of the distribution of seats in the United Kingdom and Nigeria in 2018 ?

A minority coalition government ruled in the United Kingdom, and a single-party majority government ruled in Nigeria.

Which of the following is an implication for the ruling coalition in the House of Commons that is not found in the House of Representatives?

The coalition government in the House of Commons will have to accommodate the interests of two parties in governing and policy making, which is not the case in the House of Representatives, where one party has a majority.