Proportional representation

Proportional reasoning is a kind of mathematical reasoning that encompasses a logical comprehension of various evaluations and co-variations. Proportional reasoning allows an individual the ability to reason mathematically and is a demonstration of how a number of pieces of information are stockpiled mentally. We deal with diverse proportional information on a daily basis, such as reading temperatures, relational spatial contrast, and calculations of densities all of which is central to…

trouble the citizens, country or government; this was a major flaw because it did not specify what an emergency was, it gave the president too much power giving the opportunity to misuse this and use it even for ‘negligible’ emergencies. Proportional Representation was another problem in the German government, it meant that the percentage of votes a party received were the percentage of seats the party would get, it gave extremist parties power later on like the Nazi Party. It also made it…

voting, it must also be fair, as in whomever the majority wins must also have good judgement and if they have bad intentions then the vote can be over thrown or vetoed somehow. Proportional representation does not favor large parties over smaller ones, as does the winner-take-all system, in countries with proportional representation there are almost always three or more parties represented in the…

your Virginia Plan does not represent smaller states, such as my home in Connecticut, New Jersey, and many other states are in agreement. My idea is a compromise, which involves each state, it includes bicameral legislature, with one part proportional representation and the other half involving each state having one representative. I know you are a busy man, but I hope that you will consider voting for the good of…

it is now in present day. Unfortunately, there are still cases where specific genders are targeted for discrimination. The current percentage of women in the House of Commons is approximately 26% (Women in Politics). Clearly there is an under representation of the female population within the House, but should appointment of members be based on merit or on gender quota? The disproportionate gender balance in society, which co-relates to the House of Commons female population, is a result of…

Parliament” (40). The Declaration is a reaction “against the limitation on the rights imposed by the British monarch and by royal governors in the colonies” (id.). Geer states that “the British…had a more limited view of both participation and representation” (40). On the other hand, the Declaration of Independence “declared the right of the people to alter or abolish governments that do not meet the needs of the people”…

Currently, each state’s number of electors is decided by their population. I would alter the system so that each state had equal representation. Every state would only have ten electors. These electors would vote based on the way the general populus would vote in each state. With equal representation, each state would be equally important during the election. Now, swing states are non-existent and no few groups of people run everything. The rural states have just…

second vote is the most important, as it allows minority party supporters to obtain representation if their district is won by another party. The goal of the two-vote system is to provide as accurate proportional representation in the Bundestag as possible. This ensures that all citizens who voted for a party that met the 5% cutoff have a voice in the Bundestag. By keeping the populace at ease, proportional representation serves to strengthen the stability of the political system and win the…

population of the states. This could be accomplished simply by passing a law requiring proportional allocation of electoral votes per state. What if Congress replaced the "winner takes all" with a point system that gave proportional representation to each candidate. “For example, in Massachusetts, Clinton got 61 percent of the popular vote; under the current system she was awarded all 11 electoral votes. Under the proportional system she would have been given only 6.71 electoral votes; Trump…

arena for participation, then it has to be so. Bureaucratization, elitism, and under representation; the often complex bureaucracy which often times parallel administration/federal government is one which students do not understand and acts as a barrier to participation. Many organizations have an undemocratic representational structure which do not guarantee the representation of all students in a proportional manner (example – at large elections). Time, attention, energy and resources are…