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Originally Posted by photon
You guys have talked about the "first past the post system", and I've never really given it any thought, but what's an example of a "better" system? Someone mentioned proportional representation, but how does that work in a practical sense (i.e. how would an election be setup)?
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The basic idea of a PR election would be you vote for a party instead of a candidate and each part submits a list of candidates in priority queue. If you have a legislature with 100 seats and party A wins 40% of the popular vote then they get 40 seats and the first 40 candidates in the priority list are sworn in. Repeat.
But there are many many many different models of that basic premise..