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Which proportional representation method is best for America?
Party List vs Proportional Ranked Choice Voting vs Mixed Member Proportional -- are they all the same? Or is one method better than the others?
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Steven Hill
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The US Supreme Court and Viktor Orbán – birds of a feather
Both show that they know how to manipulate election rules to reach a desired result
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Steven Hill
12
Top Four primary with Ranked Choice Voting leads US reform efforts
Hybrid of Top 4-RCV takes national spotlight and attracts critics – but what are its pros and cons?
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Steven Hill
8
Winning proportional representation: How to design an American solution
The path to PR should be rooted in US culture, accommodate independents, support racial minority voting rights and work in small states
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Cynthia Richie Terrell
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Rob Richie
Alaska election results show why Condorcet is obsolete
Condorcet advocates use the wrong standard for evaluating Ranked Choice Voting elections
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Steven Hill
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Here’s Why Sarah Palin Lost to Alaska Native Democrat Mary Peltola
Many pundits/experts are getting it wrong, blaming Ranked Choice Voting
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Steven Hill
10
What if Congress was elected by proportional representation?
Illuminating lessons from Illinois’ 110-year history with cumulative voting -- more bipartisanship, less polarization, more voter choice, better…
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Steven Hill
5
Faulty Textbooks: The Strip Mining of Anthony Downs’ "Economic Theory of Democracy"
One of the great political theorists of the second half of the 20th century had his work grossly misrepresented. I know, because he told me so.
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Steven Hill
8
Ranked Choice Voting as a stepping stone to Proportional Representation
Voter support for ranked choice voting translates into support for proportional representation in ways that support for other reforms do not
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Eveline Dowling
9
The False Promise of Party-Centric Reform
A handful of political scientists are over-glorifying political parties, and as part of their anti-RCV strategy misrepresenting Fusion Voting's past and…
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Seamus Allen
3
Does Fusion Voting offer a new horizon for US politics?
Fusion is enjoying a surge in popularity. But what are its pros and cons?
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Steven Hill
6
Alaska – of all places – shows what a bipartisan coalition could look like
Ranked choice voting has pulled off a small miracle – moderate Republicans and Democrats co-governing
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Steven Hill
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