Democracies that use proportional systems consistently show higher turnout, more accurate representation, more competitive ...

Re: “Holland took 225 days to form cabinet,” letter, Jan. 4. The writer takes this extreme example of proportional representation to sell first past the post as a better voting system. However, this ...

America has two major political parties, but we have far more than two ideologies among our representatives and voters. Both the divide between the two parties and the factions within the parties are ...

As states from Texas to California debate and vote on new electoral maps, Americans are both learning about – and often disgusted by – the scale of gerrymandering in their states. The result is that ...

After winning an improbable victory in the movie “The Candidate,” U.S. Sen.-Elect Bill McKay, played by Robert Redford, utters the line, “What do we do now?” Proponents of Pennsylvania’s newly redrawn ...

As the sinusoidal wave of Parliamentary democracy peaks yet again, is there a structural impulse—perhaps even a ...

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That’s it. Proportional representation would solve many of the political issues we now face. For example, it would open the door to new parties. Many Americans hate the two-party system, but in our ...

Fair for Houston submitted a petition to the City Secretary this week for a charter amendment seeking greater representation on the Houston-Galveston Area Council. Houston voters made it clear in ...

In the United States, candidates can win elections without popular support. Just look at the 2000 presidential election, won by George W. Bush with 47.8 percent of the vote. For a democratic nation, ...

The Electoral Reform Commission is likely to refrain from recommending a proportional representation system, ignoring the proposal of most political parties. The reform commission is expected to ...