Isn PR based on a quota system?
No! This is, unfortunately, a common misconception about PR. PR is 100% race neutral, and 100% gender neutral. PR has *nothing* to do with quotas of any sort. Our current system of at-large local elections combined with large, single member districts for state and national campaigns does an excellent job of representing majority parties and majority ethnicities. The current system does *not* fairly represent minority parties and minority ethnicities. PR, however, fairly represents both majorities and minorities. Majority rule + fair representation for all = PR. In addition, our current system unfairly encourages the overrepresentation of men at the state and national level. I refer you to the work of political science professors Rule, Darcy, Welch, Clark, Lakeman, and Shugart for more information about this. But the gist of it is this: If we are serious about fair representation for women, we need PR. Simply because it is a more sophisticated system, and not due to any quotas or predet
