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Question: Minority parties in Britain call for electoral reform whereas the two major parties tend to favour retaining the existing system. Do you consider that the strengths of proportional representation outweigh the advantages of simple majority voting?
Answer: Electoral reform in Britain is an issue that has dogged politics for many years. The subject was first raised in 1831 and “attracted support throughout the nineteenth century” (Jones & Kavanagh, 1990). In the last century a proposal nearly gained a Parliamentary majority in 1917, and “the Liberals have favoured replacing the simple plurality system by a system of proportional representation” (Birch, 1991) since 1922. Throughout the last century, it has been the Liberals who have suffered the ‘third-party syndrome’ perpetually losing out to either the Conservatives, or the Labour party....(short extract)
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Details: Mark: 60% | Subject: Politics | Course: Politics | Level: A-Level | Year: Not applicable | Document type: Essay* | Words: 1646 | References: Yes | Date written: Not available | Date submitted: February 26, 2009 | Essay ID: 807
