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Question 23(1 point) Parliaments tend to elect their members using proportional representation, where a political party wins the percentage of seats in parliament that they won of the popular vote. These countries, as a result, tend to have __ . The death penalty b Multi-party systems More stable governments than that of the United States
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#ExplanationThe question is related to the political science field, specifically the electoral systems. Proportional representation is a type of electoral system where the distribution of seats corresponds closely with the proportion of the total votes cast for each party. If a party gets 30% of the total votes, for example, a perfectly proportional system would allow that party to have 30% of the seats.Option a, "The death penalty," is not directly related to the type of electoral system a country uses. The death penalty is a legal punishment, and its presence or absence in a country's legal system is not determined by whether the country uses proportional representation.Option c, "More stable governments than that of the United States," is subjective and cannot be definitively linked to the use of proportional representation. Stability of a government can be influenced by many factors, including but not limited to, the type of electoral system.Option b, "Multi-party systems," is the most likely outcome of a proportional representation electoral system. In a proportional representation system, it's easier for smaller and less popular parties to gain representation in the parliament. As a result, countries using this system tend to have more than two dominant parties, which is known as a multi-party system.#Answerb Multi-party systems