[Election-Methods] Best electoral system under real circumstances

2007-11-19 Thread Diego Renato
I've read in this list that possibly the worst electoral system used is Brazilian open list PR. In this year, Brazilian Congress discuted the change of electoral law to closed lists, single member plurality or MMP. Presidents, Governors and Mayors are elected by top-two runoff. I think this

Re: [Election-Methods] Best electoral system under real circumstances

2007-11-19 Thread Dave Ketchum
I restrict my commenting to Condorcet. On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:56:32 +0200 Juho wrote: ... Single member: Does this mean a dual party system based on single seat districts? Is that what Brazil wants? (I don't yet.) MMP: More complex than open list. What is the rationale? Maybe