https://padlet.com/cainsworth/ecn03it3ss0t Sample structure for responses en-us 2017-06-23 02:16:07 UTC 2026-03-04 13:59:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png cainsworth https://padlet.com/cainsworth/ecn03it3ss0t/wish/177258974 Assess this statement.

]]> 2017-06-23 02:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cainsworth/ecn03it3ss0t/wish/177258974 cainsworth https://padlet.com/cainsworth/ecn03it3ss0t/wish/177259342 Assess this statement.]]> 2017-06-23 02:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cainsworth/ecn03it3ss0t/wish/177259342 22482183 https://padlet.com/cainsworth/ecn03it3ss0t/wish/177412801 In theory, electoral accountability consists of Parliament’s ability to perform its functions. This includes legislation, debate, holding the government accountable and ‘fair’ representation. However, in practice, Parliament is an arena where political parties contest with each other. For this to occur, eligible citizens delegate their sovereignty to those they elect to govern. These elected representatives are entrusted with power and in our Australian democracy, we are able to hold these officials to account via elections. Elections are the most powerful weapons of democracy as citizens are able to directly express their will and affect the composition of Parliament, which is manipulated by different methods of voting. Preferential (single member electorates) voting was established in 1919 and effectively expresses the will of majority whereas the Senate, which prescribed proportional voting (multi-member electorates) in 1949, aims to give voice to the diversity of interests. Therefore, the different voting systems and outcomes in both Houses supports why electoral accountability is more successful in the House of Representatives, than the Senate. ]]> 2017-06-26 04:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cainsworth/ecn03it3ss0t/wish/177412801