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Proportional representation for the United States
Proportional representation tends to basically do as the name suggests: ensure that a party’s share of seats roughly reflects its share of votes.
September 12, 2023
Proportional representation tends to basically do as the name suggests: ensure that a party’s share of seats roughly reflects its share of votes.
September 12, 2023
From the vantage point of the polity overall, the emergence of a moderate, center-right party would produce much of the upside that PR advocates anticipate.
September 12, 2023
How would electoral reform impact the trend towards extremist, anti-democratic politics?
September 11, 2023
How a more proportional electoral system would increase political competition.
September 11, 2023
Proportional representation can create space for more parties — but not too many.
September 11, 2023
Research suggests that constituents in single-member districts are not more likely to feel that their representatives care about their views than those in multi-member districts.
September 11, 2023
A contingent election is what happens if no one wins 270 electoral votes. The House selects a president & the Senate selects a vice president
August 22, 2023
The Big Lie is the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump and that the Republicans who affirmed Biden’s victory were part of a conspiracy to defeat their own party’s president
August 15, 2023
Four things commentators are getting wrong about the federal charges against Trump for conspiring to overturn the election.
August 14, 2023
Election subversion is any effort to change the rules to prevent the true election winner from taking office. It includes disinformation, voter intimidation & suppression, and election denialism.
August 14, 2023