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Winner-Take-All: Effective Government
The efficacy and responsiveness of a democratic government is a direct result of the ways we elect our leaders.Below you’ll find how a Winner-Take-All electoral system impacts the effectiveness of governments.
There are lots of options to improve our democracy. Parsing through them can seem complicated. So we simplified it for you.
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Resist gerrymandering |
Promote a healthy government |
Get money out of politics |
Encourage voter participation and satisfaction |
Resist extremism |
Reduce wasted votes and “strategic voting” |
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Click to view SNTV, Approval, STAR, and Plurality Block Voting
Winner-Take-All electoral systems How well does this system… Resist gerrymandering
Promote a healthy government
Get money out of politics
Encourage voter participation and satisfaction
Resist extremism
Reduce wasted votes and “strategic voting”
Top 4 or 5/SNTV Primary
Top 4 or 5/STV Primary
Approval Voting
STAR Voting
Plurality Block Voting
Block preferential voting
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