[EM] Exact P.R. - Multiple Plurality Winners 21 June 2014

Michael Allan mike at zelea.com
Sun Jun 22 20:30:47 PDT 2014


DNOW1 at aol.com said:
> A very simple P.R. method -- legislative body elections -- to get
> past the armies of math morons --- with their fixation with single
> member plurality / gerrymander AREA stuff. ...

I'm a moron when it comes to math, and *I* like it.


Kathy Dopp said:
> Nice clear description you gave.  The method seems very good,
> although how is the "tyranny of the majority" discouraged?
> (i.e. giving the winners unequal amount of voting power in the
> legislature might be taking it too far.)  ...

Is there an actual example of this "tyranny of the majority"?  It's
often raised in discussions, but I wonder on what gounds.

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Michael Allan

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