Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each system by its family.
Groups: Majoritarian · Proportional · Mixed
- Mixed-member proportional
- Single transferable vote
- Closed-list PR with D'Hondt
- Parallel voting with non-compensatory list seats
- First past the post
- Two-round system
Hints
- Ask whether the system aims to manufacture a majority or to mirror the vote.
- The two mixed systems differ in whether the list seats compensate.
Show the answer
Majoritarian: First past the post, Two-round system
Proportional: Closed-list PR with D'Hondt, Single transferable vote
Mixed: Mixed-member proportional, Parallel voting with non-compensatory list seats
Why
The two mixed systems land in the same column and behave very differently: compensatory list seats produce an overall proportional result, while parallel list seats simply add a proportional tier to a majoritarian one. The family name tells you the ingredients, not the outcome.
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