According to the Logic of Duverger's Theory, If the United

question 11

Multiple Choice

According to the logic of Duverger's theory, if the United States changed its electoral rules and adopted a permissive form of PR (with large district magnitudes) , what do you predict would happen? (You should assume that the United States has a fairly heterogeneous society-i.e., many cleavages.)

• A) The number of parties in the legislature would decrease.
• B) The number of parties in the legislature would increase.
• C) The number of parties in the legislature would stay the same.

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