tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059413211040890895.post1545826047583359403..comments2023-07-06T06:04:45.661-07:00Comments on Bernalillo County La Raza Unida: One Description of Proportional VotingCuerpo Aztlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881223291876111738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059413211040890895.post-8075894278630743252009-03-27T06:12:00.000-07:002009-03-27T06:12:00.000-07:00A pictorial musing on the essence of democracy:htt...A pictorial musing on the essence of democracy:<BR/>http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/so-moved/Machihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090816986308573273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059413211040890895.post-40755133552635716232009-03-26T20:32:00.000-07:002009-03-26T20:32:00.000-07:00"winner-take-all elections award 100% of power to ..."winner-take-all elections award 100% of power to a 50.1% majority"<BR/><BR/>It's far worse than that. In a multi-party system, candidates are routinely elected with less than 40% of the votes in their district, and "majority" governments are formed with less than 40% of the votes cast overall.Wayne Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08080912916559741326noreply@blogger.com