What electoral system should the U.S. switch to, with Matthew Shugart
The Downballot
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How to Win a Seat in an Election
A winning threshold is what you need to win a seat. We take the district magnitude and we calculate the quota as one divided by m, the district magnitude, m plus one. And then we're adding one vote. That's a number that only m candidates can reach. The first step is asked, did any candidate get the quota, the winning threshold? If so, that candidate's elected; if not, they eliminate the last-place finisher who got less than 1%.
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