In Reply to: ''Proportional Representation: from Google's AI posted by SagoBob on August 02, 2025 at 21:01:19
In the criticism section Google AI says this:
PR can lead to legislatures with multiple parties, potentially resulting in coalition governments that might be less stable and more prone to disagreements, according to the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network.
Risk of party system fragmentation: PR can sometimes result in a large number of small parties, potentially making it harder to form stable governments, according to ACE.
Coalition governments come into play under the parliamentary system where the parliament composition determines who gets to form the government. I prefer that as well, but that's a separate discussion that's not intrinsic to proportional representation. If PR is to be implemented in the house of representatives in the US (and I would argue, electoral college as well, which would allow us to make the EC more representative of the popular vote without having to amend the constitution), and that's all that's changed, the government would still be formed by the candidate that wins the presidential election.
There are a whole set of issues that revolve around the presidential vs parliamentary system as well, but that's a separate issue independent of districts vs PR.