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Canadian Elections

Canadian Elections. What is the fairest vote-counting methodology for Canada?. Take home messages…. To understand how governments are formed. To understand the different methodologies of vote counting. To assess which is the fairest means of vote counting for Canada. Areas to Explore….

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Canadian Elections

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  1. Canadian Elections What is the fairest vote-counting methodology for Canada?

  2. Take home messages… • To understand how governments are formed. • To understand the different methodologies of vote counting. • To assess which is the fairest means of vote counting for Canada.

  3. Areas to Explore… • Representation by Population and First Past the Post (Rep by Pop/FPTP) • Single Transferable Vote (STV) • Proportional Representation (PR) • Who cares?

  4. Who cares? Take 1.

  5. Counting Votes: Rep by Pop/FPTP

  6. Counting Votes: Rep by Pop

  7. Counting Votes: FPTP http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/first_past_the_post.htm http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/apps/news/?sectionID=40&pageID=68 http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/article.php?id=54

  8. Counting Votes: STV http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/BeginnningReading/PRsystems.htm http://www.stv.ca/ http://www.fairvote.ca/en/fair-voting-systems

  9. Counting Votes: PR http://www.sfu.ca/~aheard/elections/reform.html http://www.fairvote.ca/en/fair-voting-systems http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/proportional_representation.htm http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/BeginnningReading/PRsystems.htm

  10. Who care? Take 2.

  11. Canadian Elections What is the fairest vote-counting methodology for Canada?

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