Questions tagged [voting-systems]
For questions about rule systems for scoring votes. Not for questions about country-specific rules or practices but for the theory and practice of voting systems. Examples include proportional-representation and first-past-the-post.
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Are there countries where only voters affected by a given policy get to vote on it?
I currently live in a condo in the state of Washington. This makes me a minority as 67.2% of voters live in single family homes. Even in Seattle itself 51.3% of units are single family homes or ...
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any USA polling on what if presidential/congressional election were ranked-choice voting
A lot of people who are dissatisfied with the American political system have suggested ranked-choice voting.
I cannot find any polling where the people are asked, "What if the presidential or ...
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Why aren't alliances and independent runs more common in the UK?
Both Australia and the UK have single-member constituency-based representative electoral systems with a similar ratio of voters per seat. However, while it is common in Australia for parties to form ...
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How would the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact handle non-FPTP elections?
It seems that people who argue that the President of the United States should be elected by popular vote, and supporting the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC or NaPoVoInterCo), are ...
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What are the pros and cons of ranked-choice voting compared to first-past-the-post voting?
What are the pros and cons of ranked-choice voting (RCV) compared to first-past-the-post voting (FPTP), supported by research?
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I prefer answers supported by evidence, with data from actual ...
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What is the official reason for the low error rate of the 100k signature requirement for presidential candidates in Russia
In Russia, you need 100.000 signatures to be allowed to run for presidency. However, if I understood the article below correctly, only 105.000 signatures may be turned in. While the minimal support is ...
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What is the most significant currently active organization using quadratic voting?
Is quadratic voting being significantly used anywhere in the world right now? Especially in any type of political system or social structure (beyond blockchains)?
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What voting process to use to fill multiple roles when voted for by the applicants
I'm looking for a voting system for a specific usecase:
I have a scenario where a small group of (less than twenty) members will need to fill a number of roles. They should each be able to list their ...
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Could the US become a multi-party democracy organically (without a change to the constitution)?
In many northern European countries (Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark) there is a large number of political parties and the government is always made up of a coalition of these because no single ...
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Has there ever been a successful shift from a two-party system to a multi-party system in modern history?
The other day my friends and I gathered in the college dorm and expressed grievances about our electoral systems. Those from countries where one or two parties dominate the legislature were frustrated ...
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Congressional vs. Party Votes: Secrets & Differences
In the domain of voting methodologies, what moral, ethical, and procedural distinctions arise when comparing secret ballots in congressional votes and party votes?
Why do the principles and rationales ...
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Where does First Past The Post voting favour left wing parties?
Today's UK by-elections are set to demonstrate the effect of spoiler candidates on a First Past The Post ballot.
In the UK it is pretty clear that First Past The Post (FPTP) benefits the right-wing ...
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Gerrymandering, Efficiency Gap Formula [closed]
I have a problem in which I have two parties. Party 1 is Purple. Party 2 is Yellow. There are a total of 135 votes. Purple has 75 of them while yellow has 60. There are 9 districts total. Each ...
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In countries using Single Transferable Vote, how are voting results presented?
In electoral systems based on parties, it is easy to publish the results: it is sufficient to publish the number of votes each party received. These numbers contain all the information that is needed ...
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Why the US does not have strong local parties except in Puerto Rico?
Often as a cause of two-party system in the US cited the first-past-the-post system. (see also Duverger's Law).
But theoretically this should not prevent having strong local state-level parties.
It ...
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