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Voting Systems
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Oct 20, 2025
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Is There a Fair Way to Divide Us? (Update) | People I (Mostly) Admire
Freakonomics Radio Network·Oct 20, 2025
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Well-designed multi-member districts using ranked choice voting are effective for achieving proportional representation in a legislature.
“These multimember systems, again, when you're trying to fill a representative body, they give you a big head start, a big leg up getting towards proportional representation if that's your goal.”
Freakonomics Radio Network · Oct 2025 · 1 episode · 3K views on this topic
Multi-member districts are a highly effective system for moving toward proportional representation.
“Yeah. These multimember systems, again, when you're trying to fill a representative body, they give you a big head start, a big leg up getting towards proportional representation if that's your goal.”
Freakonomics Radio Network · Oct 2025 · 1 episode · 3K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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