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"They are more, and thus get more votes" that is _proportional_ voting. x% of the people have x% of the vote. Disproportionate means they get _more_ than you w
by Scarblac 11y ago
"They are more, and thus get more votes" that is _proportional_ voting. x% of the people have x% of the vote.
Disproportionate means they get _more_ than you would already expect from proportional representation.
- coldtea 11y agoNope, it also means that they have much more votes in comparison to young voters. It's not about cheating or "proportional representation". It could mean that too, if we were discussing voting systems, but we are not. We're discussing the fair share of the vote each group gets -- and how the total of young votes vs old votes are out of proportion, that is imbalanced. disproportionate: "too large or too small in comparison with something else" (dictionary)