petersuber on Nostr: The case for #ProportionalRepresentation in the US, with good detail on parties and ...
The case for #ProportionalRepresentation in the US, with good detail on parties and regions.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/14/opinion/fix-congress-proportional-representation.html
"As…Barbara F. Walter has observed, a majority of civil wars over the last century appear to have broken out in countries with winner-take-all systems [as opposed to proportional representation systems]. No democracy can survive long in the face of [current levels of] division and distrust. It’s hardly surprising, then, that more than two-thirds of Americans want to see major changes in our political system. Roughly the same proportion wish they had more than two parties to choose from. They’re right: Two parties competing in winner-take-all elections cannot reflect the diversity of 335 million Americans."
#Democracy #MultipartySystem #USPolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/14/opinion/fix-congress-proportional-representation.html
"As…Barbara F. Walter has observed, a majority of civil wars over the last century appear to have broken out in countries with winner-take-all systems [as opposed to proportional representation systems]. No democracy can survive long in the face of [current levels of] division and distrust. It’s hardly surprising, then, that more than two-thirds of Americans want to see major changes in our political system. Roughly the same proportion wish they had more than two parties to choose from. They’re right: Two parties competing in winner-take-all elections cannot reflect the diversity of 335 million Americans."
#Democracy #MultipartySystem #USPolitics