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Political participation

Horizontales
The ability to participate meaningfully in political activities; relevant factors include education, social background, and sense of self-esteem.
In a multiparty parliamentary system, the political situation in which no single party has a majority and the largest party allies itself loosely with other, smaller parties to control a majority of the legislative seats.
In general, the ideas and views expressed by taxpayers and voters. When a majority of the people hold strong opinions one way or the other on a given issue or policy question, it tends to sway legislators and decision makers who know they will be held accountable at the next election
The pursuit of policies aimed at the general good or the betterment of society as a whole; in contrast to special interests that pursue laws or policies more narrowly favoring individuals or groups.
The idea that voters can make sensible choices in elections even though they lack knowledge and sophistication about public policy, candidates, and current events.
Verticales
Also called “second ballot” systems, these electoral systems attempt to provide for a greater degree of representativeness by requiring that candidates achieve a majority of votes in order to win. “Majority” is normally defined as 50%-plus-one-vote. If no candidate gets a majority of votes, then a second round of voting is held with usually the two candidates who got the most votes.
How the interests, concerns, and demands of various individuals and groups in society are translated into policies and programs; in constitutional democracies, a major function of political parties.
Something less than an absolute majority. Where the plurality vote principle applies, the candidate or party receiving the largest number of votes wins; where there are multiple parties or candidates, winners typically receive fewer than half the total votes cast.
Lack of interest in politics resulting from complacency, ignorance, or the conviction that ?my vote doesn't really count or nobody cares what I think anyway.
An electoral method used in the United States and United Kingdom whereby candidates run in single-member districts and the winner is decided by plurality vote; favors broad-based, entrenched political parties and tends toward a two-party configuration.
According to Alexis de Tocqueville, the direction of one's feelings toward oneself and one's immediate situation; a self-centered detachment from the broader concerns of society as a whole. According to John Stuart Mill, the qualities of human character that separate humans from animals and give them uniqueness and dignity.