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## Electoral System

<notes>
 * often electoral systems are cause for inequality
 * system itself not that bad, but there are some problems
</notes>

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### Proportional Representation

 * Half of the seats determined by provincial lists

<notes>
 * = vote for party, party gets seats according to share of votes
 * half of seats by voting on national lists, other half on provincial lists
 * disadvantage: provinces quite large (9) → not really local
 * possible disadvantage: no threshold → many small parties (not important,
   why: next step)
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### Important Parties

 * African National Congress (ANC): ~ 58 %
 * Democratic Alliance (DA): ~ 21 %
 * Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF): ~ 11 %

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 * ANC: 57.5%
 * DA: 20.8%
 * EFF: 10.8%
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### Domination of the ANC

 * Historic Events
 * Charismatic Leaders
 * Constitutional Rules

Possible threat: Higher GDP per capita and education could be linked to voting
DA.

<notes>
 * Historic: ANC is seen as party of liberation as it’s the first
   democraticratically elected party
 * Leaders: Nelson Mandela was a member of the ANC. His popularity helps the
   ANC.
 * Constitution: No (really) local representatives → regional parties cannot
   gain many seats
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