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...basically was a real good-government thing," says Paige E. Bigelow of the Institute of Public Administration. "It basically meant that every person's vote really did count--that every member of the electorate had a person whom they really did vote...
...Bigelow says the system has a logicalbeauty, which accounts for its popularity inacademic circles. Professors of political science,she says, tend to love PR. Voters often say theyhate...
...Bigelow cites several practical reasons whythe system is no longer used on a largescale--particularly the length of time needed tocount votes. votes...
...While theoretically you can elect minoritycandidates, they may not be able to play thegame," says Bigelow...
COMPLEXITY, however, is the the singlebiggest problem with using PR in modern elections,Bigelow says. People have a hard time marking thepreferential ballots, she says, and few peopleknow how votes are actually counted...