PR in USA

On party-list PR for the United States

Here are the key statements.

Proportional representation without multiparty politics

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.

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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