Article
When Is Cumulative Voting Preferable To Single-Member Districting?
New Mexico Law Review
(1995)
Abstract
Cumulative voting is most appropriate in small towns, nonpartisan elections, and jurisdictions in which voters know whether they are in the majority. By contrast, single-member districts are preferable to cumulative voting in big cities, state or federal elections, partisan elections, and elections in which the racial or partisan balance between factions is either close or is unknown to most voters.
Keywords
- cumulative voting,
- elections
Disciplines
- Law and
- Political Science
Publication Date
April, 1995
Publisher Statement
Published in 25 New Mexico Law Review 197 (1995).
Citation Information
Michael E Lewyn. "When Is Cumulative Voting Preferable To Single-Member Districting?" New Mexico Law Review Vol. 25 (1995) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lewyn/23/