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Title: WESTERN ELECTORAL SYSTEMS APPLIED
Authors: Shak Bernard Hanish
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Shak Bernard Hanish, Ph.D. Foreign Language Department, Yuncheng University, Shanxi, China
MLA 8 Hanish, Shak Bernard. "WESTERN ELECTORAL SYSTEMS APPLIED." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 10, Oct. 2020, pp. 3094-3102, doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i10.019. Accessed Oct. 2020. APA 6 Hanish, S. (2020, October). WESTERN ELECTORAL SYSTEMS APPLIED. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(10), 3094-3102. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i10.019 Chicago Hanish, Shak Bernard. "WESTERN ELECTORAL SYSTEMS APPLIED." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 10 (October 2020), 3094-3102. Accessed October, 2020. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i10.019.
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Abstract: In this article, I will explain how parliamentary elections are organized in the European countries and the United States. I will explain the winner-take-all electoral system that is used in the United States and the United Kingdom. Almost all other countries are using the proportional representation system or combination of the two systems. Then, I will detail the proportional presentations types in Holland, the Republic of Slovakia, Switzerland, Ireland, and Germany where personal proportional representation is used in some. The demarcating of the boundaries of the district in a single-member area are explains and how some proportional representation systems changed to winner take all and then back to proportionality. Also, voter turnout in Europe is generally much higher than in the United States, and how proportional system allows small groups and minorities more access to political representation and therefore not "wasting" votes as in district systems that choose only one member. Finally, I will evaluate the proposed electoral system with counting districts in Iraq and its advantages, disadvantages, pros, and cons but conclude that the proportional system has far more positive than its negatives, listing the most important drawbacks of the system put forward in the Iraqi House of Representatives.

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