Question 63 of 300Politics in a Democracy

The more "second votes" a party gets in a federal election, the ...

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more seats the party gets in parliament.
it can have fewer first votes.
more of the party's direct candidates enter parliament.
the greater the risk of having to form a coalition.

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Correct answer to question 93: more seats the party gets in parliament.

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The "second vote" decides each party's share of seats in the Bundestag: the higher a party's second-vote share, the more seats it receives. The "first vote" instead chooses the direct constituency MP.

The question in German, as it appears in the test

Je mehr „Zweitstimmen“ eine Partei bei einer Bundestagswahl bekommt, desto …

mehr Sitze erhält die Partei im Parlament.
weniger Erststimmen kann sie haben.
mehr Direktkandidaten der Partei ziehen ins Parlament ein.
größer ist das Risiko, eine Koalition bilden zu müssen.

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