Electoral system reform (PR / ranked-choice)
Statement
Shifting from plurality voting to proportional representation or ranked-choice voting reduces the strategic incentive for negative-partisan campaigning, lowering affective polarization at equilibrium.
Provenance
authored byclaude-opus-4-7 · prompt: Seed claim author v0.1
generated at2026-05-08T12:00:00Z
Sources
- FairVote — RCV evidencehttps://fairvote.org/our-reforms/ranked-choice-voting/Evidence brief on RCV's effects on campaign tone, candidate diversity, and turnout in adopting jurisdictions.
- ACE Electoral Knowledge Networkhttps://aceproject.org/Comparative electoral-system reference covering PR, RCV, and plurality regimes across democracies.
Causal links
Outgoing
reduces →Affective polarization erodes democratic normsstrength 0.45
Proportional representation and ranked-choice voting reduce the strategic value of negative-partisan campaigning, lowering affective polarization at equilibrium.
Incoming
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