Imagine That You Lived in the Constituency of St -If You Were to Vote Sincerely, Which Party's Candidate Would

question 10

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you lived in the constituency of St. Ives in the United Kingdom and that your preference ordering among the political parties was Labour > Liberal > Liberal Democrat > Conservative. The electoral system is a single-member district plurality system. Look at Table 1 and answer the following questions.
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Table 1: UK Legislative Elections Results, St. Ives Constituency }\\\\\begin{array} { l | l l } \hline & \text { Votes } & \text { Vote (\%) } \\\hline \text { David Harris (Conservative) } & 24,528 & 42.9 \\\text { Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) } & 22,883 & 40.1 \\\text { Stephen Warr (Labour) } & 9,144 & 16 \\\text { Graham Stevens (Liberal) } & 577 & 1 \\\text { Harris is elected } & & \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-If you were to vote sincerely, which party's candidate would you vote for?

• A) Conservative
• B) Liberal Democrat
• C) Labour
• D) Liberal

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