Question

There is a new country called Saffron where the people's political opinions lead them to divide themselves into five different groups, representing different outlooks on how the legislature should approach public policy. These five groups based on political convictions in turn result in the formation of five political parties (each named after a type of food). The five parties are listed below in order from most liberal to most conservative. In the first election for the legislature in this country the people vote for their candidates and their parties as follows, with the vote in the whole country being the same as the vote in every part of it:
Fruit 28%Soup 14%Bread 12%Meat 20%Vegetable 26%If after the first election process is complete the Vegetable party has some seats in the legislature and the Meat party has none, then the election system is which of the following?A. Proportional representation.B. Single member districts and majority winners.C. Single member districts and plurality winners.

Answer 1

Answer: B. Single member districts and majority winners.

Explanation:

This is a Single member district majoritarian system because that is the only way that Vegetable party would have some seats in the legislature and the Meat party would have none.

In a Single member district majoritarian system, only 1 member will be chosen per district and this would be the person with the majority of votes in the first election process.

In this case therefore, Vegetable party won the majority in some districts that it ran in and Meat did not win the majority in any.