Keeping Things in Proportion: How can Voting Systems be Fairer?

Autor:	Gavin Thompson
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Statistics and Probability Political economy Voting media_common.quotation_subject General election Political science Public administration media_common
Zdroj:	Significance. 7:128-132
ISSN:	1740-9713 1740-9705
DOI:	10.1111/j.1740-9713.2010.00440.x
Popis:	In the 2010 UK General election the Conservative party won 36% of the votes – but 47% of the seats. The Liberal Democrats won 23% of the votes and just 9% of the seats. Does the first-past-the-post system really give results that reflect voters' wishes? Gavin Thompson looks at alternatives.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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