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{{Main|About}}
Different [[Electoral system|electoral systems]] have different effects on the quality of democratic elections. Many [[Advocacy |electoral activists]] wish to replace the antiquated "[[First Past the Post electoral system|choose-one]]" systems (often referred to as "[[First Past the Post electoral system|first past the post]]") which are used in most of the world's elections with better systems. Many [[Voting theorist |voting theorists]] have researched the topic and support the activists' call for a change. The editors of this wiki support a change too (see "[[electowiki:EPOV]]" to learn more).
There are activism movements for the following:
* [[Single-member district|Single-winner systems]], such as:
** [[Approval voting]] – a "choose-many" variation on the choose-one system
** [[Condorcet method|Condorcet methods]] – systems which favor candidates who defeat all other candidates in pairwise comparisons
** [[Instant-runoff voting|Instant runoff voting]] – one of many [[Ranked voting systems|ranking systems]] promoted under the name of "[[Ranked Choice Voting]]" (or "RCV")
** [[Score voting]] – a system where voters can rate each candidate on a numerical scale
** [[STAR voting]] – a variant of score with a majority-rule runoff at the end
* [[Multi-member system]]s, which offer differing degrees of [[proportional representation]] while selecting multiple candidates.
The field of [[:Category:Voting theory|voting theory]] has had extensive research over the past centuries, including work on:
* [[:Category:Voting system criteria|'''Criteria''']] – how can we know whether a method behaves the way we want it to?
* '''[[Strategy]]''' – how do different systems encourage different behavior?
* [[Social utility efficiency|'''Welfare''']] – how well do different systems promote the public good?
To the best of our ability, the '''[[electowiki]]''' community collects the collective wisdom of scholars and enthusiasts and works together to create a comprehensive reference for all to use.
=== Categories ===
This wiki focuses on '''[[electoral system]]s''' (a.k.a. social choice functions). Articles in the [[:Category:Electoral systems|electoral systems category]] describe specific systems together with their implementation details and features.
Other categories:
*[[:Category:Advocacy|'''Advocacy''']]
*[[:Category:Elections|'''Elections''']]
*[[Electoral system|'''Electoral systems''']] – different rules for selecting representatives.
*[[:Category:Forms of government|'''Forms of government''']]
*[[:Category:Voting mechanics|'''Voting mechanics''']]
=== Regions ===
Below are the [[:Category:Regions|region categories on electowiki]] ordered (roughly) from east to west:
* '''[[:Category:Oceania|Oceania]]'''
* '''[[:Category:Asia|Asia]]'''
* '''[[:Category:Africa|Africa]]'''
* '''[[:Category:Europe|Europe]]'''
* '''[[:Category:North America|North America]]'''
* '''[[:Category:South America|South America]]'''
===Other pages ===
Not all pages on Electowiki are neatly categorized. It is still possible to find them in one of these places:
▲**[[:Category:Voting theory|'''Voting theory''']] deals with the properties of voting methods and the criteria they can meet, scenarios in which they fail, etc.
▲*[[:Category:Advocacy|'''Advocacy''']] is for descriptions about real-world reform: organizations, legislation, lobbying, and arguments for choosing one reform over another.
▲*[[:Category:Elections|'''Elections''']] is for articles that analyze real or hypothetical elections under different methods, and examine their properties and outcomes.
▲*[[:Category:Forms of government|'''Forms of government''']] is the level "above" election methods: Representative vs direct democracy, government structure and [[government formation|formation]], etc.
▲*[[:Category:Voting mechanics|'''Voting mechanics''']] deals with real-world implementation details, such as paper ballots and electronic voting machines.
*'''[https://electowiki.org/wiki/Special:AllPages?from=&to=&namespace=0&hideredirects=1 Special:AllPages]''' – for all pages on this wiki (including uncategorized pages)
▲=== Other pages ===
*'''[[:Category:Contents|Category:Contents]]''' – a full hierarchical category tree. Most important pages are in some category
Of course, there's always [[Special:Search]] as well.
▲=== About the project ===
===About the project ===
'''electowiki''' is associated with the [[Election-methods mailing list|'''election-methods mailing list''']], but all election nerds are welcome here.
Some facts about ''electowiki'':
*electowiki was launched in January 2005 as the official wiki for the 2003 "[[Electowiki:Electorama!|Electorama!]]" project.
*This wiki was created as a home for more detailed information about less-notable methods and articles that are still under development (for Wikipedia and elsewhere) .
*electowiki currently has {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles in the main collection, as well as many other policy pages, talk pages, and user pages.
*electowiki.org (hosted by [[meta:Miraheze|Miraheze]]) was started in 2018, with content copied over from the old [[Electorama wiki]] site in late 2018.
*This wiki ([[electowiki]]) has more-or-less superseded the old [[Electorama wiki]].
To learn more about the history of this website, visit [[electowiki:About]]. To learn more about reading (and editing!) this website, see [[Help:Contents]].
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