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That's at-large FPTP elections, which basically guarantee the statewide plurality gets all the seats.

At-large STV, guaranteeing that a faction which got floor(1/n+1)+1 votes in a district with n seats (to make balloting manageable, you probably want 3ā‰¤nā‰¤7) provide representation to significant minority interests regardless of geographical distribution.




This may be clear, but:

> guaranteeing that a faction which got floor(1/n+1)+1 votes in a district with n seats

should be:

> guaranteeing that a faction which got floor(1/n+1)+1 votes in a district with n seats gets a seat




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