political parties

One political phenomenon that has raised debates in the political community has been the number of parties that occur in a given country’s party system. With political parties being the connection between the issues of the people and the policy that is enacted, the importance of proper representation of these parties to the people is fundamental to the democracy of the nation. For this reason, it is important to consider why countries have differing number of parties despite that fact that each country is considered a democracy. That is, why are there varying numbers of parties across democratic nations?
The answer to this question lies within the type of electoral system that a given country operates under. In examining this theory, one can identify the dependent variable as the number of parties in a given country and the independent variable as the type of electoral system used by a country. Out of simplicity, the ...