Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Measuring Voter Inequality

A brilliant site from the New Economics Foundation quantifies the skewing of our electoral system:


Go to the site to find out what your own vote is worth!
http://www.voterpower.org.uk/
 
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4 comments:

  1. A K Haart21 April 2015 at 14:44

    The voters of Knowsley don't even get a hogshead of beer.

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  2. James Higham21 April 2015 at 17:35

    Ah, that looks good - shall have to try it.

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  3. Paddington22 April 2015 at 03:27

    Check our the Shapley-Shubik Power Index. It was explained decades ago, by a Mathematician.

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  4. Wolfie23 April 2015 at 12:57

    This is why so many people don't vote.

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