Stephane a écrit : > 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.
Stephane, this is just playing with words! By "single-member district" the world of electoral science means and understands "a district electing one single member" to multi-member body, like a city council or state legislature. The term is used to distinguish this type of election from a "single winner election" where there is only one post to fill, like a city mayor or a state governor. Any other "definitions" are unhelpful and just create confusion where none need exist. So my statement stands: > 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 ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
