Does anyone know of any theoretically nicer PR methods than STV? Usually
when I see proportional methods being discussed, the discussion stops at
STV.
Now, I agree that STV is pretty nice (I live in Cambridge and I'm pretty
happy with the system), but there is the fact that in the one-winner
case it reduces to IRV, which I rather dislike.
Although the multiple winners seem to avoid some of IRV's nastier cases,
it seems that there could be a method with better properties, perhaps
one that reduced to a Condorcet method.
Of course I've heard "Condorcet Series" mentioned - just pick the top N
winners in a Condorcet method - but of course that isn't proportional;
it elects N centrist candidates.
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