How do you see this method that I presented earlier on the list? http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/ 2006-July/018392.html I think it is proportional and single winner (but does not always elect the plurality winner of each district).
Juho Laatu On Oct 16, 2006, at 23:30 , Stephane Rouillon wrote: > It is possible to achieve PR with single-member districts if by > single-member district it means > only one representative of any political can be candidate. This > unclassical definition does not say that there will be only one > winner. > There could be several or even none. > > However, if by single-member district , it means a single winner > will be elected, as it is commonly understood, then James is right as > usual: no PR can thus be reached. > > The difference depends on the interpretation of districts: the > second solution is a local region for which the election will > design one > representative. For the first interpretation, districts are just > samples used to obtain the results > of different elections with the same political parties as > opponents, but represented by different candidates. > > Do you see candidates as party representatives or people > representatives? It's like truth and beauty, all in the eye of the > beholder... > > James Gilmour a écrit : > >> (...) > >> My statement related to voting systems based on >> "single-member districts" and it is correct that if you have only >> single-member districts you cannot have PR (except by chance). >> (...) > >> James Gilmour >> >> ---- >> election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for >> list info > > ---- > election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for > list info Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info