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Axioms and Divisor Methods for a Generalized Apportionment Problem with Relative Equality
Mathematics, 2023 The allocation of seats in a legislative body to groups based on their size is a crucial issue in legal and political studies. However, recent findings suggest that an optimal allocation of seats may not be proportional to the size of the groups.
Wenruo Lyu, Liang Zhao
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Measuring Closeness in Proportional Representation Systems
Political Analysis, 2023 We provide closed-form solutions for measuring electoral closeness of candidates in proportional representation (PR) systems. In contrast to plurality systems, closeness in PR systems cannot be directly inferred from votes.
Simon Luechinger, M. Schelker, L. Schmid
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Election Reform and Women’s Representation: Ranked Choice Voting in the U.S.
Politics and Governance, 2021 Ranked choice voting first gained a foothold in the U.S. during the Progressive Movement in the 20th century as calls for electoral reforms grew. Ranked choice voting was implemented in many cities across the U.S. in both single- and multi-seat districts.
Cynthia Richie Terrell +2 more
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Gender and the Influence of Proportional Representation: A Comment on the Peripheral Voting Thesis
American Political Science Review, 2022 The right to vote is a keystone of democracy, but many groups, including those that were long excluded from the ballot, fail to exercise their rights in large numbers.
D. Teele
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Proportional Representation with Uncertainty [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
De Sinopoli, Francesco +3 more
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Criteria for Proportional Representation [PDF]
Operations Research, 1979 We investigate methods to allocate seats in proportional representation systems in terms of several underlying common-sense properties. In particular, the idea of stability is introduced, and the method of Jefferson (or d'Hondt) is characterized.
Balinski, M.L., Young, H.P.
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REVIEW OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS IN SELECTED COUNTRIES IN 2020 [PDF]
Revista Română de Geografie Politică, 2020 A large number of different electoral systems operate in the world in 2020. The main types of electoral systems are majoritarian, mixed and proportional, but the division is imperfect.
Bartłomiej KULAS
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The Adoption of Proportional Representation [PDF]
The Journal of Politics, 2012 The debate between economic and political explanations of the adoption of proportional representation (PR) has yielded mixed results. We reexamine this debate and argue that one has to take the different levels on which the causal mechanisms are located into account.
Leemann, Lucas, Mares, Isabela
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Editor’s Introduction: The Promise and Peril of Ranked Choice Voting
Politics and Governance, 2021 Dissatisfaction with two-party politics is at an all-time high in the US. As extreme polarization and minority rule persist, a possibility of an electoral reform becomes increasingly more likely.
Caroline J. Tolbert, Daria Kuznetsova
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Polling in a proportional representation system [PDF]
Social Choice and Welfare, 2018 We study the effects of opinion polls on election results in proportional representation systems. Moderate voters have preferences over the vote shares received by the parties so that an agent’s optimal voting decision might depend on the other agents’ behavior.
Christos Mavridis +1 more
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