Elections

Description of the tool

1.The participants are split in four groups. Each group represents a party which is going to elections.
2.Group 1 and group 2 are competing for winning the elections of a small municipality of 10,000 people, while the rest of the participants from the other two groups are citizens of this municipality who have the right to vote. Both competing parties have 10 minutes for defining 5 priorities during their eventual governing. One of the priorities should be creation of conditions for youth to participate in the life of the municipality. Available budget for implementing the priorities is 2 million euros/year.
3. Group 1 appoints a representative who presents in 5 minutes the accent of their future governing.
4.Group 2 has the same time for presentation.
5. Then, it is voting time. Every participant is allowed to vote( it is not an obligation)
After the elections, the ballots are counted and the ruling party is selected.
6. Analogically, group 3 and group 4 are competing in a bigger municipality of 1 million people and an annual budget of 200 mln euros.
In the end, the trainer resumes the principles of representative democracy and the elections- free, equal, direct in secret ballot.