Fptp Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Voting age lowered to 16 in favour - ANS Politically active sooner Younger generation are better informed Being able to vote on issues that affect them Demographic ignored (67% turnout 2017) Voting age lowered to 16 not in favour - ANS Uneducated/lack maturity No evidence to show it would increase participation Fewer countries allow u18s Other things unable to do "Participation crisis" yes - ANS Turnout in elections are low, decreasing since 1997 Membership of parties have declined Di...

dominant party system - free and fair elections but one party usually wins two party system - free and fair but power shifts from one party to another one regular basis multi party system - free and fair but power is shared between several parties e.g. stable coalition partnerships one party system - one party dominates that state in absence of free and fair elections mackenzie thesis - - in 1950s, suggested UK has two party system - power oscillates back and forth between labour and conse...

Using the source, evaluate the view that the major parties still remain the dominant force in UK politics. - ANS AGREE the source leads to the view that it would be difficult to operate our current system of representative democracy without the major political parties, they dominate both the process and ideas of mainstream politics • other parties have always existed but the sheer dominance of the major parties ensures their continued supremacy. AO1 major parties operate all the main fun...

evaluate the view that pressure groups, think tanks and lobbyists have little impact on government decisions (3) - funds, sympathy of government, counter groups evaluate the view that uk democracy is in crisis (2) - participation, trust evaluate the extent to which different electoral systems produce different outcomes (3) - fptp, ams, stv evaluate the claim that the arguments in favour of referendums outweigh those against (3) - democracy, division, developmental democracy evaluate the ...

- UK constituencies - What is FPTP? - Advantages and Disadvantages of FPTP - Arguments FPTP has disproved - Complete with case studies, examples and statistics

Edexcel A Level Government and Politics Paper 1 Direct democracy - all individuals express their opinions themselves and not through representatives acting on their behalf Representative democracy - an individual selects a person to act on their behalf Similarities of representative and direct democracy - based on a majority Differences of direct and representative democracy - direct is not elective, direct is for individuals, direct has more citizen involvement Le...

Evaluate how far the UK system of representative democracy remains in need of improvement. - ANS Where it is working well: + Free and fair voting; Parliamentary function sovereignty; participation FPTP strengths: +stability: only 2/6 GE's in 2010's have produced coalitions or hung Parliaments +MP direct link to constituent, quick (i.e. Newcastle central declared 60 mins after poll closed, 2017) BUT: - 2 party dominate (Maurice Duverger's law) i.e. UKIP 2015, 12.6% of vote, 1 seat - Wa...

Is the UK experiencing a democratic deficit? - ANS - Yes participation crisis - No? - Yes FPTP = bad Is the UK experiencing a participation crisis? - ANS - Yes, Turnout in elections and referendums - Yes, decline in party membership - No Should voting be made compulsory? - ANS - No, infringes on civil liberties - Yes, Increased turnout - No, voters are not well informed Do pressure groups promote democracy and participation? - ANS - Yes, helps to remove tyranny of the majority by repre...

Are parties good for democracy Representation People's representatives. Provide candidates for Westminster; elected by people for people. however 'winners bonus' is exacerbated by parties under FPTP. Con 37% votes vs 51% seats in 2015. UKIP in 2015 12.6% of vote but no seats. Johnson originally only elected by Tory party members which is unrepresentative !! Also growing cynicism that parties aren't representative and are selfish, eg. Cameron giving his supporters peerages before leavin...

Evaluate the extent to which constitutional changes since 1997 have been beneficial' - - Judicial Reform (CRA 2005) - However, arguably didn't do enough - Parliamentary Reform (Fixed Term Parliament Act 2011 & HOL Reform 1999) -However, FPTP system still hasn't been reformed and peers are still unelected and unrepresentative - Devolution - However, it's not binding and is asymmetrical 'Evaluate the extent to which the arguments that the UK constitution should remain uncodified are c...