Hello James,
In the pirate example one could take a step in the direction of
proportional representation and give up the original idea of single
winner elections. It is the captain that is to be elected, and there is
a tradition of having only one captain on a ship. In this situation one
could consider arranging the proportional representation in a serial
mode, not in the traditional parallel mode. What I mean is that the
community could agree (beforehand) to divide the post in time, let's
say in n consecutive terms. I'm not proposing any particular method,
nor to do this in real life (just presenting ideas popping in my head),
but this would anyway be one way of dealing with the fractioned
electorate.
BR, Juho
P.S. To increase proportionality one could even consider n terms of
different lengths.
On May 27, 2005, at 13:25, James Gilmour wrote:
Stephane Rouillon Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 5:44 AM
Criterias and electoral methods hare not meant to
cope for a fractionated electorate. An electoral system
goal is to get the electorate will, whatever it is.
This may be true for single-winner elections, eg city mayor, state
governor, but fractionated electorates are the
realities of politics in the real world.
For elections to councils, assemblies and legislatures it is only one
view of the goal of an electoral system. Those
steeped in social choice theory believe that the purpose of a voting
system should be to maximise representation of
consensus among the electors. But there is a much older view: that
the purpose of a voting system should be to maximise
representation of the diversity among the electors.
James Gilmour
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