presis/revealjs/south-africa-current-government/2-electoral-system.md

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Electoral System

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

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Proportional Representation

• Half of the seats determined by provincial lists

* = 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 %

* 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.

* 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