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What type of democracy requires government support from a majority in the legislature?

Semi-presidential or parliamentary

What type of democracy is present in Senegal with a directly elected president and legislature responsibility?

Semi-presidential

What type of democracy does Japan and Bhutan have if their heads of state are monarchs?

Parliamentary

What system is Georgia transitioning to if the presidency is indirectly elected and government is responsible to the legislature?

Parliamentary

What type of coalition would it be if the Christian Democratic Party and Free Democratic Party formed a government in Germany 2002?

Minimal winning coalition

What type of coalition would it be if the Social Democratic Party and the Greens formed a government in Germany 2002?

Minimal winning coalition

Which party would likely provide the formateur if Indonesia were a parliamentary democracy in 2024?

PDI-P

In Indonesia's 2024 elections, if Prabowo Subianto was elected president, which party would provide the formateur?

Gerindra

Can minority governments only occur in presidential democracies?

False

What procedures are proposed by members of the legislature?

Vote of no confidence, Constructive vote of no confidence

What share of ministerial posts should the Social Democratic party get in a coalition of 120 Social Democratic seats and 30 Green seats per Gamson’s Law?

80%.

An independent agency investigating corruption by officials helps solve which kind of delegation problem?

Moral hazard

Do all majoritarian electoral systems require a candidate or party to win a majority of votes to win a seat?

False

How many candidates are elected in a single-member district?

1

Do all proportional representation (PR) systems use multi-member districts?

True

In list-PR systems, which kind of list allows voters to express a preference for specific candidates?

Open lists

Are electoral systems more proportional when the district magnitude is small?

False

What kind of mixed electoral system is more proportional?

Dependent mixed system

In which type of list system is party discipline higher?

Closed Lists

In a dependent mixed electoral system, how many votes do voters typically have?

One vote used for both electoral tiers.

In an independent mixed electoral system, how are votes typically used?

Votes count separately for each tier.

District magnitude refers to what?

The number of candidates elected in a district.

What is the most important factor influencing the proportionality of an electoral system?

The district magnitude.