Is Representation Influence? Electoral Systems and the Radical Right Does proportional representation (PR) increase the influence of radical right politics? Most of the current literature exploring the relationship between electoral systems and the radical right arg...

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Isabella O'Brien explores representation, influence, electoral systems and the radical right.

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🗳️🗳️ Can't decide in one round? Have another! Two-round systems (used in #France and many African nations) hold a second election if no candidate gets a majority in round one. #Runoff #Elections #ElectoralSystems #Democracy #PublicPolicy #Legislation #ComplexSystems #Statekraft #ComingSoon

Moon Duchin on the ‘Mathematical Quagmire’ of Gerrymandering

“Where do you go from here? For now, the courts are not the place to work out big ideas about #representation and fairness. I’ve decided to focus on doing “democracy science”…taking a hard look at the design of #electoralsystems could get us out of this nuclear moment.“

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5/8 After nearly a year of learning and deliberation, the assembly concluded our current system "does not provide fair election results" with "no logical relationship between a party's share of votes and its seats."
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Uncontested Seats Phenomenon: How Too Small Electoral Districts Destroy Local Democracies* An uncontested election in which only one candidate for a seat occurs may be seen as an ‘aberration’ of democracy. Without an electoral campaign and war chest, the result is a foregone conclusion –...

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A new study by Stępień & Pierzgalski suggests that single-member districts may reduce electoral competition more than previously thought.

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Single-round elections without proportional representation create winner-take-all dynamics that intensify polarization. Systemic design matters: multi-stage electoral processes diffuse tension through iterative preference expression. #ElectoralSystems

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Explaining the 2023 #elections in #Poland and #Slovakia and their aftermaths. #backsliding #coalitions #ElectoralSystems onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...