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Disadvantages of PR
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A criticism of PR is that, in elections, voters do not vote for coalition governments. The compromises that are made between politicians from different parties in coalition can sometimes be without public backing. Small parties in coalition without a majority vote from the electorate can become 'king-makers'. This means that small parties can have unfair power over the larger parties by threatening to withdraw from coalitions.
PR encourages coalition or minority governments. This encourages a less confrontational form of politics because of the need for parties to co-operate, also known as consensus politics. This also means that there are fewer dramatic changes in policies as the parties tend to keep a balanced 'middle way'.
IV. What do these abbreviations stand for?
ü FPTP
ü PR
ü STV
ü AMS
V. All of these collocations were taken from the text you've just read about electoral systems in UK. Can you match the collocations?
| transfer of | majority |
| to gain | reflected |
| to cast | constituencies |
| a clear | candidates |
| accurately | the votes |
| government | coalitions |
| win | votes |
| 'floating'/ 'swing' | a tiny proportion |
| single | minority groups |
| marginal | in coalition |
| to number | voters |
| to withdraw from | seats |
| to disadvantage | power |
VI. Find the words in the text that mean the following.
| 1. | a way of solving a problem or ending an argument in which both people or groups accept that they cannot have everything they want |
| 2. | the final result of a process, meeting, activity etc |
| 3. | all the people who are allowed to vote in an election |
| 4. | agreement among all the people involved |
| 5. | a position as a member of a parliament, committee, court etc |
| 6. | support that you always give to someone or something |
| 7. | a division of a country that elects a representative to a parliament |
| 8. | a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together |
| 9. | an occasion when people vote for someone to represent them, especially in a government |
| 10. | an election in which every adult in the country can vote for the people who will represent them in parliament |
Then search for collocations related to these words in the dictionary. Follow the links given below.
· https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/election
· https://www.collinsdictionary.com
· https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tate-modern