________ Is a System of Representation That Encourages Third-Party Voting

question 58

Multiple Choice

________ is a system of representation that encourages third-party voting because it allows each political party representation in proportion to its percentage of the total vote.

• A) Proportional representation
• B) Duverger's Law
• C) A single-member district
• D) Multimember representation
• E) At-large representation

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Definitions:

Preferred Dividends

Regular payments made to preferred shareholders out of the company's profits before any dividends are paid to common shareholders.

Weighted Average

A calculation that takes into account the varying degrees of importance of the numbers in a data set, assigning more weight to some numbers and less to others.

Earnings Per Share

A financial metric that measures the amount of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of its common stock.

Outstanding Common Stock

Shares of a corporation's stock that have been issued and are in the hands of investors, but not repurchased by the company.