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This is how the German system works. Not unfair at all. You cast two votes: one for a person, one for a party. At the end of the day the party percentages have
by aaronblohowiak 6y ago
This is how the German system works. Not unfair at all. You cast two votes: one for a person, one for a party. At the end of the day the party percentages have to roughly line up (with a minimum percent for any representative at all.) This system has some very nice balancing properties in that you can vote for the person you want to represent you in the present race as well as the party you most strongly identify with.
- dane-pgp 6y agoMy understanding is that the German system is Mixed-Member Proportional Representation (MMP) [0] which usually involves having a list of top-up candidates who don't belong to any specific district. The Baden-Württemberg system is a clever way around this, although it does lead to some districts being represented by multiple representatives. Having more representatives than districts seems like it would be an overly-ambitious cultural shift in the US, whereas my proposal keeps the familiar 1:1 correspondence, even if there is gerrymandering. It also doesn't change the ballot papers or counting process; and, if gerrymandering is successfully disincentivised, the process works exactly the same as under the existing system. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-member_proportional_representation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-member_proportional_repr...
- aaronblohowiak 6y agoyes, i dont believe i contradicted anything there, but you are right i didnt tell the whole story and thank you for spelling out some of the details. more representatives than districts would be a shift and i agree this may be a harder pill to swallow.