[EM] Unicameral single-member + PR in Germany (Re: CompetitiveDistricting Rule)

[Stephane Rouillon]

Sorry but no, I am definitively not playing with words.
I am just making sure that the terminology used, leaves
some way to describe SPPA. Call it the way you want,
but make sure people understand that a single-runner method
can have multiple-winners if the voters of each districts are considered
equivalent samples of the electorate. Thus instead of electing a loser
with 10% of the vote in a specific district as proposes Juho, it seems
fair to elect instead another loser from the same party with 49%
in a district that already has one winner. Simulation I made using both
these
systems (Juho and mine) showed an approbational rate almost double
with SPPA instead of Juho's system.

James Gilmour a écrit :

> Stephane a écrit :
> > It is possible to achieve PR with single-member districts if
> > by single-member district it means only one representative of
> > any political can be candidate. This unclassical definition
> > does not say that there will be only one winner. There could
> > be several or even none.
>
> Stephane, this is just playing with words!    By "single-member
> district" the world of electoral science means and understands "a
> district electing one single member" to multi-member body, like a city
> council or state legislature.  The term is used to distinguish this type
> of election from a "single winner election" where there is only one post
> to fill, like a city mayor or a state governor.  Any other "definitions"
> are unhelpful and just create confusion where none need exist.
>
> So my statement stands:
> > James Gilmour a écrit :
> > > My statement related to voting systems based on "single-member
> > > districts" and it is correct that if you have only single-member
> > > districts you cannot have PR (except by chance).
>
> James