How to Use proportional representation in a Sentence
proportional representation
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So eight full seats of the left-wing side of Parliament have been erased and that gave more proportional representation to the right.
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Yasmeen Serhan,
Time,
24 July 2023
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First, and most important, the Supreme Court has held over and over again that there is no right to proportional representation.
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Jason Torchinsky,
National Review,
3 Oct. 2017
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The council polls were the first to be held under a new system that combines first-past-the-post with proportional representation.
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The Economist,
15 Feb. 2018
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In Atlanta, King's hometown, the proportional representation of black-to-white workers is close to even in many fields.
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Bob Salsberg and Angeliki Kastanis,
chicagotribune.com,
2 Apr. 2018
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But under Italy’s new electoral rules almost 40% of the seats will be decided on a first-past-the-post basis, the rest by proportional representation (PR).
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The Economist,
21 Feb. 2018
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That’s one reason why none of the major parties, on either side of the Atlantic, thinks proportional representation is any good.
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Ned Temko,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 Sep. 2022
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About a third of the members of both houses of parliament will be elected on a first-past-the-post basis; the remainder by proportional representation.
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The Economist,
31 Oct. 2017
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The system of proportional representation to be used in elections will diminish the power of big parties, compared with a first-past-the-post system.
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The Economist,
17 May 2018
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If two Latino characters were added to every film across the 100 top movies each year to set a new norm, and this process was repeated over three years, proportional representation would be achieved.
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Stacy L. Smith,
Time,
27 Aug. 2019
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The new law mandates proportional representation for 15 districts — down from the previous 22 — while allowing the thousands of Lebanese living abroad to vote for the first time.
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Nabih Bulos,
latimes.com,
4 May 2018
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The bars are a proportional representation of how far below state averages these districts scored in each year.
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Patrick O'Donnell,
cleveland.com,
15 Apr. 2018
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For many electoral reform groups, the answer is simple: switch to a new system of proportional representation, in which seats are awarded based on a party’s vote share.
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Katie Marie Davies,
The Christian Science Monitor,
9 July 2024
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Other districts in the same states as those high-growth areas, however, will have to expand to rebalance the proportional representation of the U.S. House.
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Chad Day,
WSJ,
13 Aug. 2021
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This year’s vote is according to a new election law that is based on proportional representation.
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Washington Post,
6 May 2018
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This is part of the U.S. system of proportional representation called for by the Constitution.
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Devon Link,
USA TODAY,
3 Nov. 2020
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Neuquén has five deputies in the Chamber, with three being renewed this year, and with the seats allocated via the d’Hondt formula of proportional representation.
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Baker Institute,
Forbes,
13 Sep. 2021
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The nine councilors are elected at large through a system known as proportional representation, in which voters rank their choices.
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Matt Stout,
BostonGlobe.com,
16 July 2023
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The election that day is being fought using a new system that combines proportional representation with first-past-the-post contests in almost 40% of the seats (see article).
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The Economist,
1 Mar. 2018
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This year’s vote was according to a new election law providing for proportional representation for the first time.
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Washington Post,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 May 2018
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Some of the variance in the offspring is going to be due to the fact that the offspring don't receive a perfect proportional representation of their parent's alleles in terms of aggregate effect size.
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Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
9 June 2011
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In a proportional representation system — in place in countries such as Germany and New Zealand — the results would have looked very different.
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Washington Post,
13 Dec. 2019
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That law was replaced this year with one awarding seats by proportional representation, but complications to the law worked to keep outsiders from taking a larger share.
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Philip Issa,
Fox News,
7 May 2018
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In an unprecedented move, four Arab parties backed Gantz, but proportional representation still got the better of them.
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Nr Editors,
National Review,
26 Sep. 2019
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For a place as diverse as Los Angeles, proportional representation could result in a City Council that is more reflective of the city and its interests.
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Matt Ford,
The New Republic,
14 Oct. 2022
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Through a complicated process involving both first-past-the-post and proportional representation, seats in the Bundestag are distributed among the parties.
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Eloise Barry,
Time,
27 Sep. 2021
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Not only did about 67 percent of the movies fall below proportional representation of the AAPI community — almost 40 percent failed to include a single member of the group.
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NBC News,
21 May 2021
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If there was proportional representation in the U.S. Senate, cannabis would be legal already.
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Ryan Bort,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2021
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One way to solve that problem would be to stop awarding electors on a winner-take-all basis and shift to a proportional representation system, in which each candidate receives a share of the state’s electors proportional to their share of the vote.
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Eugenia Cheng,
WSJ,
16 Oct. 2020
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Instead, most of its MPs seem likely to come from the 176 seats allocated by proportional representation.
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The Economist,
19 Oct. 2017
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The delegates were distributed using a proportional representation system based on the results of the state’s presidential preference election in the spring, according to a guide from the state party.
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Stephanie Murray,
The Arizona Republic,
21 July 2024
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