Slideshow prepared for a series of lectures on voting and elections in the U.S. for PS 101 American Government at the University of Kentucky, Spring 2008. Dr. Christopher S. Rice, Lecturer.
2. How Two-Party Elections
Can Lead to Democracy
⢠Responsible-party government
⢠Electoral Competition
⢠Retrospective Voting/Electoral
Reward and Punishment
3. Responsible-party
Government
⢠Based on idea of elections providing a
real choice or alternative.
⢠Assumptions:
⢠Each of two parties is cohesive and uniďŹed
⢠Each party takes a clear policy position
that differentiates the two
⢠Citizens accurately perceive these
positions, vote on the basis of them
⢠Winning party will follow through on their
promises