<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>In Rwanda it was the Hutu and the Tutsi tribal division. In Iraq the Sunni, Shia, and Kurds. In the former Yugoslavia it was the Serbs Croats and Bosnians. There are similar divisions today in the Ukraine, Israel, Syria, Bolivia, etc.<br>
<br></div>What do they have in common? A need for electing a representative body that has as many moderates and as much consensus as possible so that minorities are not so desperate for separation, i.e. to prevent the scourge of Balkanization that seems to be spreading like a plague.<br>
<br></div>Suppose that there are two extreme groups A and B supported by two individual ethnicities, as well as a more moderate group M with preferences like<br><br></div><div>10 A(100)<br></div>30 A(100)>M(80)<br></div>
45 B(100)>M(80)<br></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra">15 B(100)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">(The numbers in parentheses represent voter expectations of relative benefits.)<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">In ordinary party list PR methods the parliament would be formed by 40 representatives from A and 60 representatives from B. The moderate party would be shut out entirely.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_extra">Here are my questions:<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">1. What method(s) would take this information and elect a parliament with respective party strengths of 10, 15, and 75 for A, B, and M?<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">2. What election method could possibly get the two middle factions to honestly convey this information via their ballots? In other words, how to keep the two middle factions from defecting from their common interest?<br>
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