[Election-Methods] [english 94%] PR favoring racial minorities

[Jobst Heitzig]

Hello all,

although I did not follow all of the discussion so far, the following 
question strikes me:

Why the hell do you care about proportional representation of minorities 
when the representative body itself does not decide with a method that 
ensures a proportional distribution of power?

It is of no help for a minority to be represented proportionally when 
still a mere 51% majority can make all decisions!

So, if you really care about the rights of minorities, the consequence 
would be to also promote some non-majoritarian, truly democratic 
decision method for the representative body itself. Examples of such 
methods have been discussed here.

Yours, Jobst


Warren Smith schrieb:
>> Instead it is based on the mathematical theorem that
>> if people vote in a racial manner, then if X percent of people vote
>> black, and enough
>> black candidates are available, then we get X percent
>> black winners.
> 
> Dopp: And this theorem while it may sound believable at first glance is
> instead of course obvious mathematical nonsense and easily rebutted
> with any one of a countable infinite number of counterexamples.
> 
> --I reply...
> How fascinating that Kathy Dopp has refuted over a century of research
> into PR voting
> systems.  But rather than keeping her infinite number of obvious
> counterexamples secret,
> how about exhibiting one?  I mean, I'll settle for just one.
>