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The US actually had quite a few cities with proportional voting in the early-mid 1900s. NYC for example had it from 1936 to 1947 when it was eliminated via refe
by grandmczeb 6y ago
The US actually had quite a few cities with proportional voting in the early-mid 1900s. NYC for example had it from 1936 to 1947 when it was eliminated via referendum[1].
[1] https://www.fairvote.org/new_york_s_proportional_representation_experiment_demonstrates_potential_of_fair_representation https://www.fairvote.org/new_york_s_proportional_representat...
- morsch 6y agoProportional, and also ranked, that's awesome. Assigning ranks seems like a much more "high fidelity" way of describing what I want. The article's graph of vote vs representation is striking. "[R]epeal advocates blamed proportional representation for the election of communists to the city council. While the communist issue might have doomed proportional representation, the true deathblow came when the Republicans joined the Democrats to oppose it. Republicans had been early champions of proportional representation, but defected due to their dwindling role within a diverse and mostly progressive minority coalition."
- tt433 6y agoThe strategy of a small child: if I can't play in the pool anymore, I'll just shit in it.