American democracy is going through turbulent times. The causes behind the country’s turmoil are many, but one important factor is the single-member district plurality system used for electing members ...

The concept of proportional representation (PR) was crystallised when the mixed parallel electoral system with 60 per cent seats for PR and 40 per cent seats for First Past-the Post (FPtP) segments ...

Sixty one percent of Labour supporters now favor changing the electoral system, compared with ... Support for proportional representation is now the mainstream of British politics.

Half of Britons (49 per cent) support reform of the voting system and the introduction of proportional representation (PR) — almost twice as many as those who favour retaining the present first past ...

VWR with 6-member constituencies will typically yield moderately high effective electoral thresholds, but below the equivalent STV ‘quota’ of 14.3% (1/7). In this way, VWR will achieve better ...

Countries with Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system have more women in representative positions than those that practice majoritarian or first past the post electoral systems.

In early 2004, the Law Commission of Canada issued a report recommending that the federal electoral system be changed to a mixed member system that allows for more proportional representation of ...

Labour MP urges Government to establish national commission for electoral reform - Under the existing first-past-the-post ...

full-time MPs and introduce proportional representation into Malta’s electoral system. The newly-created political party – which has yet to officially announce itself - is also proposing a ...