The 2015 Turkish Election: A More Proportional Result than Usual
Posted on What's New on June 26, 2015
The Turkish election in June 2015 was remarkable for many reasons. In this short piece, FairVote's Robert Buderi explores the ins and outs of the 2015 campaign and the operation of Turkey's party list proportional system. Buderi shows that a high national threshold in a proportional representation system tends to undermine the proportionality of election results and introduce some of the problems rife in winner-take-all plurality systems like the US and Britain.
Read moreRanked Choice Voting Will Be Used to Select British Party Leaders, Naturally
Posted on What's New Sarah John on May 13, 2015
2015 Election in United Kingdom Likely to Deliver Disproportionate Results (and a Hung Parliament), Again.
Posted on What's New Sarah John on February 26, 2015
Millions of 16- and 17 years olds vote in Brazilian Presidential Election, but no President Elected
Posted on What's New Mike Macnevin on October 23, 2014
Brazilians flocked to the polls on October 5, 2014, to vote for their next president. Yet, after all the votes were counted, no one was elected. This blog entry briefly explores the use of runoff elections in Brazil before discussing the growing worldwide movement to repeat Brazil's enfranchisement of 16 and 17 year olds.
Read moreStrangeness of a One-Party Majority in New Zealand
Posted on What's New Sarah John on September 26, 2014
At the end of an unusual election campaign, New Zealand's Mixed-Member Proportional Representation (MMP) electoral system has delivered Kiwis a strong mandate for the current government, with the first time a single party has won a majority of seats since the nation replaced U.S.-style plurality voting elections with MMP in 1993. The election also demonstrated many of the advantages that such fair representation voting systems have over the single-member plurality systems so often used in American elections.
Read moreContinuing Electoral Reforms in Trinidad and Tobago
Posted on What's New Sarah John on September 15, 2014
Hot on the heels of electoral reforms last year, small Caribbean island nation Trinidad and Tobago has abandoned plurality voting in favor of runoff voting in its national elections. FairVote is keeping close watch on Trinidad and Tobago, as political parties, legislators and citizens continue to discuss voting systems, including ranked choice voting and fair representation voting, and agitate for reform.
Read moreEthnic Minorities and Proportional Representation in Myanmar
Posted on What's New Sarah John on September 05, 2014
Having tentatively thrust off their military dictatorship, Myanmar actively debates adopting Proportional Representation for its legislature. (Photo Credit: Htoo Tay Zar, Wikicommons)
Read moreWorld Cup of Democracy Goes to the Netherlands
Posted on What's New Anthony Ramicone, Nicholas Golden, Bogdan Popescu on July 03, 2014
While the FIFA World Cup will decide the best soccer team in the world, the World Cup of Democracy will decide the best democracy in the world. See how the tournament played out after the jump.
Read moreReforming the Australian Senate
Posted on What's New Sarah John on June 06, 2014
Australia's Senate is elected by a method of ranked choice voting that forces voters to rank every candidate on the ballot. But after a variety of quirky minor parties have made their way into the Senate, it might be time to allow voters the freedom to not rank all candidates.
Read moreIndian Election Results In BJP Victory, Disproportionality
Posted on What's New Anthony Ramicone on May 21, 2014
In India's election of the 16th Lok Sabha, the BJP appeared to win a landslide victory, winning a majority of seats. In reality, India's winner-take-all system generated significant disproportionality, artificially inflating BJP's mandate.
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