The Southeast Asian Cases From Two Aspects Of Electoral...

It is undeniable that the global trend modern election campaign have also reached Northeast Asian democracies. But just as any other liberal countries in the world, the American-style campaigning practices were not simply imported as a package (Norris, 2004). Several other factors, too, have affected the process. In the following sections, this essay tried to analyse the Northeast Asian cases from two aspects: electoral system and political culture, and the media environment and campaign restrictions. Electoral system and political culture Before their electoral reforms, both Japan and Taiwan adopted SNTV (single nontransferable vote) in legislature elections (Lin, 2006). Each electorate casts only one vote, and seats are allocated to the top candidates within each multimember district (Hsieh, 2002). Under the majoritarian electoral system, candidates had to not only compete against counterparts, but within their own parties as well (Lin, 2006). It was therefore more important for candidates to carry out their own campaign, in order to win the office (Holtz-Bacha et al., 2007). On the other hand, for political parties, it was more critical to strategically maximise their total number of seats, rather than winning a higher total vote share (Lin, 2006). A culture of personalised election campaigns therefore developed, and party affiliation lost its importance accordingly (Hsieh, 1996). SNTV was argued to have attributed to the one-party dominance of LDP and KMT; yet,Show MoreRelatedDoes Modernization Lead Democracy Or Does It Not?2221 Words   |  9 Pagesmodernization does not lead to democracy even as I explore the different kinds of literature written on this subject. As part of my research design I have decided to use a single case study as a comparative method. This is because case studies offer a detailed explanation of the topic of discussion transforming â€Å"journalism into political science† (Hague Harrop, 2013: 361). 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