I have a new essay with John Ketcham, “Reforming Big-City Elections.” In it, we argue that the two-party system makes its own case for party-list-based forms of proportional representation. Our argument differs from the usual one based on Duverger’s law.
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Proportional representation in New York City did not “boost” the Left | 3Streams | Feb, 2025
Having spent time with data on the use of proportional ranked-choice voting in New York City, I read a recent commentary in Jacobin with some surprise. This piece asserts that the system “boosted”…
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Short document on how to describe electoral rules in U.S. local government
I put this together quickly for a course on state and urban politics. Maybe others will find it useful. I probably should have included “number of votes” as an additional dimension.