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<div><font size="2">From: jgilmour@globalnet.co.uk<br>
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>Surely it doesn't matter whether you are electing a single chamber<br>
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<pre><font size="2"><tt>>legislature or two-chamber legislature? Should the over-riding<br>
>requirement not be for both chambers, e.g. House and Senate, to be<br>
>properly representative of those who have voted in the two elections?</tt></font></pre>
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There are different forms of representation. Even in a single seat district system, the <br>
representatives do represent the voters in their district. In each district the candidate <br>
elected will be approx the median candidate.<br>
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OTOH, PR will give each faction above a certain minimum threshold representation in the <br>
legislature (due to a finite number of seats).<br>
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The effect of a voter in the first case is to shift the median in their direction. and<br>
in the PR case, the voter is directly selecting a representative.<br>
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If the resulting legislature uses majority rule as its basis for operation, then the <br>
decisions of the legislature will be centerist in any case. <br>
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Having each district elect a centerist and then having a legislature results in there being<br>
2 focusings towards the centre of the resulting policy.<br>
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Centerist isn't a specific policy, it means the median policy of the electorate.</font><br>
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I am not entirely convinced that that is fair for something like spending tax money as 51% of the <br>
legislature should not be allowed to spend 100% of the money, but that is a separate issue.<br>
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<div style="clear: both;">Raphfrk<br>
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Interesting site<br>
"what if anyone could modify the laws"<br>
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www.wikocracy.com</div>
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