Comments on: The Arithmetic of Authoritarianism.[i] http://democraticpiece.com/2007/09/21/elections-for-elections%e2%80%99-sake-%e2%80%9cthe-arithmetic-of-authoritarianism%e2%80%9d/ Tentative conclusions on democracy & governance Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:40:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: MSS http://democraticpiece.com/2007/09/21/elections-for-elections%e2%80%99-sake-%e2%80%9cthe-arithmetic-of-authoritarianism%e2%80%9d/#comment-142 MSS Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:59:31 +0000 http://democraticpiece.com/2007/09/21/elections-for-elections%e2%80%99-sake-%e2%80%9cthe-arithmetic-of-authoritarianism%e2%80%9d/#comment-142 Correct. The more "majoritarian" the electoral system is (meaning low magnitude), the more it favors local politics. This can be seen even in a developed democracy with national politics like Spain, where a low-magnitude "PR" system is favorable to numerous regional parties. It can be seen in India, with FPTP and numerous regional/local parties and independents. Morocco's small-M electoral system is about as close as one can get to being majoritarian and still have "PR." Chile has 2-seat districts but very much a national party system. But also very much a "local" politics. Correct. The more “majoritarian” the electoral system is (meaning low magnitude), the more it favors local politics. This can be seen even in a developed democracy with national politics like Spain, where a low-magnitude “PR” system is favorable to numerous regional parties. It can be seen in India, with FPTP and numerous regional/local parties and independents.

Morocco’s small-M electoral system is about as close as one can get to being majoritarian and still have “PR.”

Chile has 2-seat districts but very much a national party system. But also very much a “local” politics.

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