However, the solution to the “winner takes all system” is proportional representation. Proportional representation would restore our American government strengthen our democracy by created more options for voters, fixing our voters rights issues.
For Americans, state and federal primaries have two main highly funded options of Democrats and Republicans. Some Americans want other parties to challenge the establishment. In a recent survey, “60 percent of Americans would now like to see other parties emerge to challenge the Democrats and Republicans.” Proportional representation will help break the habit of voters not voting at all because of not liking either option or the custom of picking “the lesser of two evils" of both major-party nominees. Equally important, between the Democrats and Republican candidates “in the winner takes all elections, the parties' candidates just need votes from majority or nearly all people to win, as a result it is difficult for minor party candidates to win. However, in the systems of proportional representation, ensures equal share representation for every political party, including minor party candidates, which will increase options for the …show more content…
This relates to recent Supreme Court cases that are trying to prevent “racial gerrymandering.” The result of these cases has made it incredible difficult in forming majority-minority district. The solution to these voting rights is proportional representation, coming from the basic foundational standard of fairness to all, which makes sure that everyone and not just racial minorities voting rights are protected. Furthermore, the minorities will be able to garner their fair share of seats leading to a unique opportunity to play a huge rule in influence elections in having power to shift among different parties of their choice. Many civil rights leaders, including Jesse Jackson, support proportional representation because it would help motivate minority to come together to win power in the legislature. One of the key advantages of the proportional representation is that it significantly decreases or exterminates the parties' gerrymandering. One of the corrupt aspects of the single-member district system is drawing of district lines in a way that gathers the majority that approves of certain parties or incumbents. On the other hand, with proportional representation, the drawing of a district line has zero effects on representation among parties. For instance, it does not matter which party is majority or minority due to fact of a district being