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Week 4 Dis 2

Week 4 Dis 2

Q Compare and contrast single-member districts and proportional representation (PR). How effective is each electoral system in representing its people’s interests? How do they support the party systems around which they arose? (FYI, the electoral system is NOT the U.S. Electoral College, but the system which decides how elections are held and decided, i.e. single member and proportional representation)

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Proportional representation refers to a system in which seats are allocated to the districts in proportion to the population. In order to determine the results, the percentage of votes polled by each candidate is calculated depending on which seats are allocated and a simple majority does not suffice ("How Proportional Representation Elections Work - FairVote", 2017).