Proportional Representation is a voting system where, for
whatever qualities people use to elect their representatives (whether
it be ideology, ethnicity, gender, etc.), the proportion of
representatives having those qualities is approximately the same as the
proportion of voters voting for that quality.
Some election systems that strive to achieve proportional
representation include the single transferable vote and party-list proportional representation.
Other systems, such as plurality voting, are sometimes made
more proportional by gerrymandering districts to ensure that a minority group is in the
majority in one or more specific districts.
Examples of the use of proportional representation election systems include:
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