S03: Voting and Electoral Systems

Rob and Tom discuss the pros and cons of different voting systems, electoral systems and voter turnout.

Topics

• Voting Systems

  • First Past the Post

  • Alternative Vote

  • Proportional Representation

    • Single Transferable Vote

    • D’Hondt Formula

    • Hare and Droop

• Electoral Systems

• Voter Turnout

• UK Voting Reform

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Shownotes

• Types of Voting System

• YouTube - Politics in the Animal Kingdom

• Wikipedia - London Mayoral Elections

• Wikipedia - D’Hondt Method

• YouTube - D’Hondt with Jeremy Vine

• Wikipedia - Hare and Droop Comparison

• Parliament.uk - Turnout at Elections

• Pew Research - U.S. trails most developed countries in voter turnout

• Amazon: Comparing Democracies

• Wikipedia - Democracy Sausage

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Voting Screen - Cartoon by DonkeyHotey [CC by A 2.0]

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S01: UK vs US Politics, A Field Guide

Rob and Tom discuss the differences and similarities between the UK and US political systems for the benefit of listeners on both sides of the pond. 

Topics

• Constitutions

• Parliament vs Congress

• Presidential vs Prime Ministerial Power

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Shownotes

• Wikipedia: US Constitution

• Wikipeida: UK Constitution

• British Library: Magna Carta

• Oyez: Obergefell v. Hodges

• Wikipedia: House of Commons

• Wikipedia: House of Lords

• Wikipedia: Earl Grey

• Wikipedia: House of Representatives

• Wikipedia: The Senate

• FiveThirtyEight: The 5 Big Takeaways From Our House Forecast

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Discuss

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• Facebook

Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: House of Commons Chamber 1 by UK Parliament under CC by Attribution 3.0 Unported and Obama Health Care Speech to Joint Session of Congress by Lawrence Jackson which is Public Domain

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107: You Come to Me on the Day of The Royal Wedding?

Rob and Tom discuss what might happen with the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland during Brexit.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Irish Border and Customs Union

• House of Lords Reform

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Shownotes

• Tom's other podcast

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• BBC: East Coast Main Line takeover: Your questions answered

• Guardian: British rail is nationalised all over again – by foreign states

• Things Meghan Markle can't do after she marries Prince Harry

• BBC: Brexit: The government's customs options

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• House of Lords

Discuss

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: 1968 Strabane Northern Ireland, Ulster, border, customs by henrikjon. Used under Creative Commons by SA 2.0.

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