Why adopting proportional voting may bring back the big-tent political party

Santucci, Jack (2018) Why adopting proportional voting may bring back the big-tent political party. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (05 Nov 2018). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In this week’s midterm elections, Maine will break new ground by using ranked-choice voting to select who to send to Washington DC. But another kind of ranked-choice voting has also gotten lots of attention — the single transferable vote, a type of proportional representation. Jack Santucci gives an overview of how this form of ranked-choice voting works, its history, and what its wider adoption might mean for US politics. He argues that the system helps to build parties – not kill them – and ensures that those in the majority remain responsive to the needs of voters who feel unrepresented.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	28 Jul 2021 12:27
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 13:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111465

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