The Labour Party is currently both the Government and the opposition in the Westminster Parliament. They were not tears shed over his biggest political failure, nor over the cold support given by ...

It is often said that majoritarian electoral systems – as in the US and UK – help to shut extreme views out, while proportional systems – more common in Europe – welcome them in ...

The majoritarian system also means the electoral contest becomes focused on a minority of electorates while most remain safe, thus creating incentives to focus attention on some areas while ...

He and Pedro Riera at the Carlos III University of Madrid in Spain, examined two decades of election data from 20 democracies that use either majoritarian or proportional-representation systems.

The encrusted, interlocking institutions of the American constitutional order leave voting rights vulnerable, misrepresent voters in the electoral system, and hinder majoritarian governance.

In the meantime, Utahns should get behind real electoral reform rather than enable the establishment’s latest power grab.

That system, the Electoral College, balances the competing interests of large states with those of smaller states.

But, Casal Bertoa warned, “It will be difficult to implement the electoral quota with mostly a majoritarian system.” There are also concerns that unqualified candidates could be elected by ...

While that’s a hard sell, we need to start. Majoritarian democracy, or tyranny of the minority. It’s our choice to make.

In fact, only 10% of our House seats, according to a 2022 Fix Our House Redistricting report, are considered competitive thanks to a two-party system, gerrymandering, and majoritarian, winner ...