American democracy is going through turbulent times. The causes behind the country’s turmoil are many, but one important factor is the single-member district plurality system used for electing members ...

On September 25, the mayor of New York was indicted on criminal charges for the first time in the modern era. The charges marked the culmination of only one of four ongoing federal investigations into ...

The concept of proportional representation (PR) was crystallised when the mixed parallel electoral system with 60 per cent seats for PR and 40 per cent seats for First Past-the Post (FPtP) segments ...

It doesn’t have to be this way. To escape our two-party trap, we need a better system of electing people to Congress: proportional representation. Opinion By Jesse Wegman and Lee Drutman ...

I would like to thank Tom Hayes MP for speaking in favour of proportional representation in the Commons debate on the 30th ...

A new poll from YouGov has found 49 per cent support changing the British voting system to proportional representation (PR), ...

The public also believe that it is more important for seats to be allocated proportionally between parties (46%) than for the largest party to win a majority of seats in the House of Commons (27%).

January and February are significant months in Nepal’s modern political history, especially for Kathmandu and Madhesh. While ...

Justin Trudeaus biggest regret, he said at his resignation news conference, is failing to achieve electoral reform in Canada even though hed promised to do so, and had the opportunity during his first ...

Dublin, 19 January 1920 - The municipal elections have been hailed as a triumph for the proportional representation (PR) system of voting. Reflecting on the recent elections, the Irish Times has ...

The debate on proportional representation in the Commons last Thursday was all fairly predictable, with few Conservatives bothering to turn up, and Labour MPs as likely to defend first past the post ...

Half of Britons (49 per cent) support reform of the voting system and the introduction of proportional representation (PR) — almost twice as many as those who favour retaining the present first past ...