Talk:Voting system

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I know I've been scattering pages all over the place here, but here's my idea. Voting system will be used to discuss the dry, mathematical aspects, election to discuss specifically human elections, probably their history, geography, etc. Each system page will discuss the mathematical aspects of that particular system, as well as examples of it's use (real-world and hypothetical). I'm not sure how much of a Proportional representation to recreate on [Voting system]. --DanKeshet

More about methods, I think that someone who knows should perhaps add notes about the adducted reasons for every system, in order to describe why it is respectively supposed that each system would be a better instrument to represent electors rather than the other ones (thus expanding what is now in the considerations list). At least a concise list of alleged pro and contra, so that we don't stop at a technical point.

I.e.: I confusely remember Kelsen's notes about proportional system, where he describes why he thinks this should ensure the better popular representation and respect of minorities etc., while others instead criticise this because... Others propose let's say a "majority prize" stressing this should ensure a more effectively productive parliamentar or governmental life, while oppositors believe that... and so on.

I know that this would risk to become and endless tale, and also that (due to single parties' positions on the matter) it would always keep us on the border of a non-NPOV, but a bit of detail (scientifically reported) would render a more complete idea.

Could this eventually belong to a separate page?

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Voting systems are usually discussed in the context of electoral reform or grassroots democracy, or as an alternative to consensus decision making, but the tradeoffs in choosing a voting system are so complex that there is no easy summary of how these various debates interact with system characteristics.

Removed because the first sentence is not necessarily true; there are many environments in which voting systems are discussed; the second part is discussed already, and better, in the paragraphs below.