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...complicated," he says. "Voters are called upon to possess a lot of information on the candidates and to rank them...
Proponents of the system, which allows voters to rank candidates in terms of preference, say it was intended to combine minority representation along with majority control in the lawmaking body...
Under a unique proportional voting system, Cambridge voters can pick several candidates and rank their votes in order of preference. The leftover votes are then distributed to other candidates...
...problem, of course, is that for a couple of decades now, economic growth has made the rich richer but hasn't been trickling down much to the rank and file. Hence the two trends Clinton has long fretted over: stagnant middle-income wages and rising income inequality. You would think this bad news would be good news for Republicans. Tony Blankley, the spokesman for Newt Gingrich, wonders why Clinton is so determined to dwell on it. "If he is suggesting that he is politically impotent on this huge issue," Blankley has observed, "then he is opening himself...
According to Cambridge's system of propor: I representation, voters rank in order of preference as many of the 18 candidates as they desire...