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When are Majoritarian democracies more representative than Consensual democracies? The past twenty five years has seen the rapid proliferation of democracy. Notably, the areas of Eastern Europe and Latin America have experienced both the demise of autocratic and dictatorial regimes and in turn their replacement with Democratic forms of government. The two most common forms of democratic government are firstly majoritarian democracy, often associated with either presidential systems or Westminster style parliamentary regimes, with single …

…when compared with a majoritarian democracy in the executive. Finally, it is possible to add that the issue of when majoritarian democracies are more representative than consensual democracies will never truly be able to be answered when voter turnout is as low in certain countries as it is. For example it is difficult to say what percentage of the United States population is being represented when over half of the electorate decide not to vote.