Proportional-representation systems seem to have more policy congruence than do majoritarian ones, which are responsive to public preferences but not always congruent, according to research based ...

These counter-majoritarian institutions include ... The severely malapportioned Senate permitting over representation of small population states at the expense of populous states, thus diluting ...

That chamber will remain under GOP control in 2025, with a 28-22 majority. 'Majoritarian representation': Jonathan Cervas, a professor of political science at Carnegie Mellon University ...

Severely malapportioned, the Senate provides over-representation of small-population ... are empowered to block majoritarian legislation and thereby frustrate majority rule. The Electoral College.

The Founders struggled to satisfy each state’s demand for greater representation, while attempting to balance popular sovereignty against the risk posed to the minority from majoritarian rule.

It is political factors, that is to say the growth of majoritarian politics, that is aggravating the problem of under-representation. Over the last few years, majoritarian politics has changed the ...