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Direct representation

Direct representation or proxy representation is a form of representative democracy where voters can vote for any candidate in the land, and each representative's vote is weighted in proportion to the number of citizens who have chosen that candidate to represent them.

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Direct representation

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Avg. degree1.89
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related to Benefits · 9
Direct representation → Because, Every, Hence, It, States, Supporters, The, This, Unlike
related to Example · 8
Direct representation → Further, Harsh Mistress, Hence, Representatives, Robert Heinlein's The Moon, Suppose, Under, United States House

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the US House of Representativesinstance ofSPxR has the advantage of being an easy to explain relatively minor change for a currently implemented non-proxy representative systems0.80text
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