When it comes to fair votes, the US Senate is ripe for reformIf seats are ever to match votes in America, the US will need to look at the distorted Senate. While all eyes are firmly fixed on the race for the White House and, if youâre...Posted 02 Nov 2020
Four ways of electing a president – ranked from worst to bestAmericaâs presidential election is the most famous presidential election in the world. The antiquated American system of choosing a president via an electoral college is also one of the worst methods for choosing a national...Posted 02 Nov 2020
How the US’ warped Electoral College means millions of votes make no differenceIn the last five US elections, two presidents have been summoned to office whilst obtaining fewer votes than their opponent. For example, in 2000 George W. Bush won with four hundred thousand fewer votes than...Posted 02 Nov 2020
Could Trump win the Presidency and lose the popular vote again?There have been two âwrong winnersâ in UK general elections over the last 70 years. In 1951, Labour got more votes than the Conservatives but the Tories won more seats. In February 1974, the position...Posted 30 Oct 2020
US election: Why 33 states have had no presidential campaign events at allFairVote’s Benjamin Oestericher explains how America’s first past the post style electoral college makes vast swathes of the country an electoral desert. This map, designed by FairVote, displays the geographic composition of 2020 campaign events...Posted 30 Oct 2020
How the Democrats could win the popular vote but not control of the HouseBrenda from Bristol famously cried ânot another one!â at the news that we were to hold an election in 2017, just two years since the last one. Letâs hope she doesnât plan to move to...Posted 06 Nov 2018
How Trump won the Presidency despite not winning the most votesSo that sure was an election. Whatever happened in the US presidential election it was always going to be a historic moment. On Tuesday I pointed out that Donald Trump could win the Presidency even if...Posted 09 Nov 2016
Maine makes history as first state to back fair votesAs the world analyses the result of the US Presidential election, there’s one result you might have missed. On Tuesday one state made a symbolic breakthrough: Maine became the first US state to scrap First...Posted 09 Nov 2016
How Trump could win the Presidency even if he doesnât win the most votesItâs election day in the United States, and that means all the pageantry and spectacle one comes to expect with democracy in the worldâs most powerful nation. The spectacle of a US election also reminds...Posted 08 Nov 2016
PR across the pond: the push for fair votes in the USThis week is European Local Democracy Week 2016, and to mark it, we’re running a series of discussion articles on how to make the London Assembly more democratic. Yesterday we published our first piece in the series,...Posted 11 Oct 2016