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The Hamas sweep: The electoral system did it

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    • 05 November 2009
    A good case for PR

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: PR-USA, US House

    As Steven notes in a post putting New York’s special House election in perspective, the authoritarian absolutists (or “movement conservatives,” as Steven calls them) ought to be pushing for proportional representation.

    Also recommended for perspective on the unusual contest is Hans Noel, writing at The Monkey Cage. (Also various other posts at that blog in recent days.)

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (17)

    30 April 2009
    Yglesias on STV

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: PR-USA, STV/IRV

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (7)

    20 December 2007
    John Anderson and Fairvote

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: AMERICAN POLITICAL REFORM, PR-USA

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (1)

    12 June 2007
    Popularity of Congress and the need for a new party?

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: AMERICAN POLITICAL REFORM, POLITICAL PARTIES, PR-USA, Plurality, USA

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (9)


    Outside The Beltway | OTB grafted Time for a New Party?...
    19 January 2007
    Arnold and the post-partisan blues

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: AMERICAN POLITICAL REFORM, California, PR-USA

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (0)

    From Beyond the Mainstream to views shared by the majority?

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: '08, PR-USA, VOTES

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (7)


    Fruits and Votes grafted Arnold and the post-partisan blues
    18 January 2007
    From Beyond the Mainstream: Welcome to the fray, Tancredo, Paul, and Kucinich

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: '08, PR-USA, VOTES

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (4)


    Fruits and Votes grafted From Beyond the Mainstream to views shared by the majority?
    11 August 2006
    Tail and dog in PR systems

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: Coalition governance, PR, PR-USA

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (10)


    Outside The Beltway | OTB grafted Does the Tail Wag the Dog in Proportional Representation Systems
    10 August 2006
    Two-party politics in the USA–why?, and here to stay?

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: PR-USA, Party lists, VOTES

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (10)


    PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts grafted Happy Blogiversary!
    Outside The Beltway | OTB grafted TCS Daily - Two Parties, Like it or Not
    Fruits and Votes » Blog Archive » Tail and dog in PR systems grafted [...] At the propagation bench to yesterday’s “blogiversary” planting on two-party politics in the USA, James Joyner (whose Outside the Beltway post prompted mine) suggests that PR might seem good on grounds of “fairness” but that he has often thought PR to be impractical because of the “tail wagging the dog” result. [...]
    03 March 2006
    People feel their votes are being wasted

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: Britain, ELECTORAL SYTEMS & REFORM, PR-USA, VOTES

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (1)


    Fruits and Votes grafted Voting should be compulsory–British Institute for Public Policy
    07 February 2006
    Searching for the center: A citizens assembly for California?

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: California, Citizens assemblies, PR-USA, VOTES

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (1)

    25 December 2005
    Partisan polarization and the case for PR

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: PR-USA, USA, VOTES

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (5)


    Fruits and Votes » Blog Archive » Citizens assembly for California? grafted [...] Partisan polarization and the case for PR [...]
    06 November 2005
    The radical middle: Perot, Schwarzenegger, the class of 1994, and looking ahead to 2006

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: AMERICAN POLITICAL REFORM, California, POLITICAL PARTIES, PR-USA, Plurality, USA

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (4)

    03 November 2005
    The California redistricting initiative

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: AMERICAN POLITICAL REFORM, California, PR-USA

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (6)


    Fruits and Votes grafted Citizens assembly for California?
    29 October 2005
    Democrats, socialism, PR, and Bernie Sanders

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: POLITICAL PARTIES, PR-USA, USA

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (2)

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  • Iraq election-law deal (10)
    • Tom Round: > “otherwis e I prefer the much more common Iraqi model, with votes from abroad being added to respective former home...
    • Errol: The 2009 NZ election saw parties sending reps to Australia to find eligible voters (must be NZ citizen and have visited NZ in previous 3...
    • Espen Bjerke: Separate representation for citizens living abroad has become increasingly common in Europe. Portugal has had it for a long time, as...
    • Tom Round: The Democrats’ ; convention has an electorate (not sure “district ” is quite the right word) for Democrats Abroad,...
    • ErrolC: The Cook Islands used to have an Overseas electorate.
    • Ed: I’m curious about the representatives for Iraqis living abroad. Is this something other countries to follow? Should US states have...
    • Wilf Day: If this model brings Brazilian politics to Iraq, I should add a footnote to the above optimistic quote “a reduction in the...
    • Wilf Day: Curiously, an Al-Jazeera Blog thinks PR means closed-list: “an amendment to the election laws last year removes the concept of...
    • Wilf Day: It’s open-list, but you can vote for a party alone; or for a party and a candidate of that party. And the party’s seats are...
  • Iraq elections 2010 (1)
    • Jack: Yes. The seventh-to-last graf of this article by an acquaintance contains anecdotal evidence of satisfaction with OLPR. It also alludes to...
  • Repairing California (9)
    • Ed: I think the primary system sort of infantilized US politics. In the US, there are no party dues. You just declare which party you are part of...
    • Bob Richard: Suaprazzodi, it is not accurate to say that “most voters [in the U.S.] decline to state a party”. In California, the...
    • Suaprazzodi: Basically, they are saying that we vote for too many positions in the U.S. We have too many choices, and too many layers of government...
  • Could UK Greens win a seat? (Re-ask) (27)
    • Bob Richard: It would be nice to have lots more empirical evidence. While we’re at it, let’s ask for true experiments with random...

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