[EL] Gerrymandering in other countries

[Rob Richie]

And of course the great majority of these nations rely primarily on
multimember district systems with forms a proportion representation! See:

http://www.fairvote.org/proportional_representation_in_most_robust_democracies

Rob Richie

On Wednesday, October 25, 2017, Nicholas Stephanopoulos <
nicholas.stephanopoulos at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wrote a paper
> <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2139123> about this
> a few years ago. Short answer: Gerrymandering *used* to be a problem in
> other countries that use single-member districts, but has largely
> disappeared as a concern since they adopted redistricting commissions.
>
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Edward Still <still at votelaw.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','still at votelaw.com');>> wrote:
>
>> A friend asked me "wondering about gerrymandering  -- is it a
>> significant problem in other countries, particularly western democracies?"
>>
>> Anyone have a good answer to this?
>>
>>
>> Edward Still
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