What is the term for a rule that forces parties to receive a certain percentage of the vote in a PR system before they receive seats in the legislature?

a. Run-off rule
b. Duverger's Law
c. Closed list proportional rule
d. Primary rule
e. Threshold rule

E

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A) ?majoritarian B) pluralist C) communitarian D) liberal E) libertarian

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