Advantages And Disadvantages Of Federal Government
Essay Number 1
What are some advantages that our federal form of government has over a strong national government in a highly centralized system? What are some disadvantages of a federal system like ours?
Advantage
The simple majority system, like others plurality / majority, is defended fundamentally for its simplicity and for its tendency to favor winners who are responsible for a geographically well-defined area. The most frequently cited advantages are:
Provides a clearly defined choice to voters between two major parties or options. In many cases, the intrinsic disadvantages faced by other fragmented parties and minorities under the simple majority system provoke the party system to an alternation of power between a "left" and a "right" party. Third parties are often weakened and rarely reach popular support at the national level to obtain a similar percentage of seats in the legislature.
It allows the formation of governments of a single party. The "extra seats" that are common to the largest party under a simple majority system (for example, 45% of the votes get 55% of the seats) imply that coalition governments are more of an exception than one rule. This …show more content…
As a general rule, under simple-majority systems, parties present the most widely accepted candidate in a specific district to avoid getting away from a large number of voters. It is therefore very rare for a colored candidate to be posited in a district where the population is predominantly white and there is strong evidence that ethnic and racial minorities around the world are less likely to be represented in elected legislatures under simple majority systems, such as in the United Kingdom or the United States of America. Consequently, if electoral behavior does not coincide with ethnic divisions, the fact that members of ethnic minority groups have no possibility of representation can have destabilizing effects on the political system as a
What are some advantages that our federal form of government has over a strong national government in a highly centralized system? What are some disadvantages of a federal system like ours?
Advantage
The simple majority system, like others plurality / majority, is defended fundamentally for its simplicity and for its tendency to favor winners who are responsible for a geographically well-defined area. The most frequently cited advantages are:
Provides a clearly defined choice to voters between two major parties or options. In many cases, the intrinsic disadvantages faced by other fragmented parties and minorities under the simple majority system provoke the party system to an alternation of power between a "left" and a "right" party. Third parties are often weakened and rarely reach popular support at the national level to obtain a similar percentage of seats in the legislature.
It allows the formation of governments of a single party. The "extra seats" that are common to the largest party under a simple majority system (for example, 45% of the votes get 55% of the seats) imply that coalition governments are more of an exception than one rule. This …show more content…
As a general rule, under simple-majority systems, parties present the most widely accepted candidate in a specific district to avoid getting away from a large number of voters. It is therefore very rare for a colored candidate to be posited in a district where the population is predominantly white and there is strong evidence that ethnic and racial minorities around the world are less likely to be represented in elected legislatures under simple majority systems, such as in the United Kingdom or the United States of America. Consequently, if electoral behavior does not coincide with ethnic divisions, the fact that members of ethnic minority groups have no possibility of representation can have destabilizing effects on the political system as a