Like most European countries, Norway first adopted proportional representation in the early 20th century, with this October representing 100 years...
A common feature of many Party List PR systems is an electoral threshold – a pre-set bar that parties have...
In this guest post, Dylan Difford takes a look at Italy’s political system ahead of Sunday’s showdown. While PR-elected governments...
Voters in New York City were able to participate in their first preferential voting (called Ranked Choice Voting or RCV...
We thought we’d look at a unique aspect of Sweden, Norway and Denmark’s political cultures – the two-bloc system –...
Dutch voters have started going to the polls to vote in the general election to elect the 150 members of...
The 2020 US presidential election and down-ballot races were a success for democratic participation. The presidential race saw a record...
While in the UK the government has recently threatened our independent elections watchdog with abolition if it cannot be ‘radically...
In 1918, a seemingly ordinary by-election in the Australian electoral division of Swan changed Australian federal politics forever. The conservatives...
In the past two weeks, the flaws of the US electoral system have become plain for all to see. As...
First published in the i newspaper While President Trump looked hopefully at a path to re-election on Tuesday night, one...
Voting is a key cornerstone of any democratic system. Just as important are the principles underpinning it: that every vote...