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Do you have any examples of federations that don't work that way, i.e., that have purely proportional representation of all the constituent entities?
by umanwizard 7y ago
Do you have any examples of federations that don't work that way, i.e., that have purely proportional representation of all the constituent entities?
- satori99 7y agoAustralia uses a highly proportional electoral process for its lower house. The constitution requires that electorates be apportioned among the states in proportion to their respective populations; provided that each original state has at least 5 members in the House of Representatives. Districts are decided and managed by a politically independent federal commission (ie: not by politicians). The Australian senate is still a state house modelled in the US fashion. And is therefore not proportional to the population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_Ho...