Political philosophy

Political philosophy

Political philosophy is the study of topics such as liberty, justice, rights, laws, and the enforcement of legal code.

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borda count

Political systems; Political philosophy

The Borda count is a single-winner election method in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. The Borda count determines the winner of an election by giving each candidate a certain ...

approval voting

Political systems; Political philosophy

Approval voting is a single-winner voting system used for elections. Each voter may vote for (approve of) as many of the candidates as they wish. The winner is the candidate receiving the most votes.

Proportional representation (PR), sometimes referred to as full representation, is a class of voting system aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates ...

mixed member proportional representation

Political systems; Political philosophy

Mixed member proportional representation, also termed mixed-member proportional voting and commonly abbreviated to MMP, is an 'additional member' voting system used to elect representatives to ...

party-list proportional representaion

Political systems; Political philosophy

Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation. In these systems, parties make lists of candidates to be elected, and seats get ...

open list

Political systems; Political philosophy

Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected.

closed list

Political systems; Political philosophy

Closed list describes the variant of party-list proportional representation where voters can (effectively) only vote for political parties as a whole and thus have no influence on the party-supplied ...