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The Electoral System
Elections: a device for filling an office through choices made by a designated body of people: the electorate; "very heart of the political process"
A. Material Element: externalities involved in the organization and use of things (speeches, campaigns, the act of going to the election booth, writing the name of the candidate in the ballot)
B. Discursive Element: how the material elements "fit into an existing wider pattern of meaning, symbols and understandings" (material elements can also be considered discursive)
Electoral system: the set of rules that govern the conduct of elections
Functions of Elections:
A. "Bottom-Up" or "People Government": elections provide the citizenry with a meaningful way of participating in the government; vertical mechanism channel, from people to gov't
i. Mechanism for leadership selection
ii. An instrument for evaluating and changing governments
iii. A forum for interest articulation and socialization
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