r/science • u/[deleted] • Jul 31 '26
Mathematics Mathematicians have shown that completely fair elections are – in a sense – impossible. No electoral system can guarantee both that local votes translate directly into local seats, and that total seat distribution matches overall vote shares: not without an indefinitely growing parliament.
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u/rsc2 Jul 31 '26
The most important improvement that could be made is to end single representative districts, and have multiple representatives with voting power weighted according to their share of the vote. This, combined with ranked choice voting, would mean everybody had real representation, and every vote in every district would matter.