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A referendum is a vote made by the public on a particular issue and referendums allow voters to register their opinions on a specific question regarding policy issues, with a simple yes or no answer.
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Edexcel Politics mock unit 1 corrections Question 1(a) A referendum is a vote made by the public on a particular issue and referendums allow voters to register their opinions on a specific question regarding policy issues, with a simple yes or no answer. Referendums are a form of direct democracy in the context of representative democracy, where citizens are directly involved in decision making. Referendums tend to be based on a question drawn up by the government and put to the electorate. An example of a referendum that had occurred in the recent past was the devolution of Scotland referendum in 1997. Question 1(b) A referendum is a vote made by the public on a particular issue and referendums allow voters to register their opinions on a specific question regarding policy issues, with a simple yes or no answer. The circumstances that governments have called referendums are as follows. Referendums may be used...
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