Proportional representation tends to slow down the legislative body. It's a lot harder to form a working government when there is a whole heap of kind-of-not-big-enough parties.

Oct 13, 2023 · What system of proportional representation would America realistically adopt while not radically altering its fundamental institutions (that isn't RCV or something similar)?

Jun 20, 2024 · Under any system with at-large/national proportional equalization they will still be represented provided they're popular enough nationally by reserving or adding leveling seats. …

Jul 4, 2023 · Proportional representation would render the territories completely invisible. Even BC's PR referendum, and Legault's proposed bill on electoral reform that he never followed through on had …

May 16, 2021 · This seems arbitrary and unfair. Under proportional representation, all interest group affiliations – geographic, ideological, ethnic, economic, religious, etc. – would be treated equally …

Feb 4, 2022 · Arguably this may not have happened with ranked choice voting or some other proportional representation. It is better to hear all of the voices so that they may be discounted for the …

First if you want to change to proportional representation you'd have to have a two ballot / mixed electoral system because of the size of Canada with all of it's rural communities. The first ballot …

Portland is about to become the biggest city to use proportional representation to elect its city council members. What are the chances of a state doing this in the next 10-15 years?

Feb 23, 2024 · The system shown here is nationwide proportional representation using the d’Hondt method with a 3% threshold. 4.68% of the vote is unrepresented—it went to one of thirty parties that …

Apr 26, 2022 · Proportional Representation is appearing as a bigger and bigger issue in levelling the political systems back up. As I underatand it, in many parts of the world, rather than each person's …