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AP U.S. Government 1.4 Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media. Why do single-member districts favor major parties?

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Thank you We sneak And here's your shmoop choose your

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brought to you by single member districts precincts for the

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lovelorn and brokenhearted Well right single member districts favour major

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parties because what i don't hear the eventual answers getting

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likely candidate running campaign Really all right Well single member

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districts which include all districts in the u s on

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ly elect a single representative sounds easy enough right Well

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now let's see how that one track electoral mind plays

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a role in our two party system Do single member

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district favour major parties Because be candidates are required to

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win more than fifty percent of the vote to take

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office Well actually candidates for the house of representatives win

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the race if they received the plurality of the vote

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A fancy way of saying whoever gets the most votes

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wins that's a little less demanding than a simple fifty

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percent majority so the odds aren't in v's favor not

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b do single member districts favour major parties Because see

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running campaigns is mohr expensive In single member districts campaigns

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are pretty expensive regardless of how many members are elected

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So it looks like money isn't the issue here for

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once do single member districts favour major parties because d

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single member districts are usually located in major population centers

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are left who said earlier Every single u s congressional

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district is a single member district so they're located in

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population centers big and small so it's not a date

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our major parties favor because eat single member districts allow

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instant runoff voting will instant runoff voting which enables voters

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to rain candidates in order of preference rather than on

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ly picking just one actually favors small parties since a

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second tier group receiving second choice fix can sometimes find

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its way up to the top Though it's not used

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in the u s national elections instant runoff voting is

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used by some american cities as well as for the

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best picture oscar grace All right that means single member

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districts favour major parties because a a major party candidate

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is mohr likely toe win a plurality of the vote

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because single member districts only elect one representative Major parties

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with their deep financial pockets and broad voter support and

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a brand name have a greater chance of capturing the

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plurality of the vote If district were able to send

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say the top three Vote getters to the legislature Then

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smaller parties would have a better chance of getting seats

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A good idea for political diversity Sure but we'll just 00:02:31.68 --> [endTime] have tio table this one for now

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