POL 140D Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Droop Quota, Electoral District, Closed List
4 Aug 2016
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You need a big m to make thing proportional, an m of 10 is not that big . 1 seat, 1+1 = 2; 45/2 = 22. 5 > this is still the highest a score, they get the next seat (again) Because the other parties have not won seats, their a scores are divided by 1 and the number doesn"t change > until they win a seat. *always divide the original vote share number by (s+1) ex. after allocating the 5th seat to party a: v/ (s+1) = 45/3+1 = 11. 25. Higher m is going to give you a greater proportion. Under d"hont: a=4; b=2; c=1; d=0; e= 0. Under saint-lague: a= 3; b=2; c=1; d=1; e=0: thresholds: Thresholds of representation: if you don"t meet the threshold, you don"t get any seats at all. All the seats still get allocated; but only the parties or party meeting the threshold receive them. The higher the threshold the less proportionality and ns.
