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In the single-winner case, a Droop quota is a majority. In general, Droop quota-based methods tend to leave at least just under a Droop quota unrepresented. See the [[utility]] article, as the debate between Hare and Droop quotas somewhat parallels and generalizes the [[utilitarianism]] vs. [[majority rule]] debate.
=== English Wikipedia description of Droop ===
Below is a description copied from [[English Wikipedia]] describing the Droop quota:<ref>The December 5, 2020 version of [[wikipedia:Droop quota]]: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Droop_quota&oldid=992460095</ref>
<blockquote>The '''Droop quota''' is the quota most commonly used in elections held under the [[single transferable vote]] (STV) system. It is also sometimes used in elections held under the [[largest remainder method]] of [[party-list proportional representation]] (list PR). In an STV election the quota is the minimum number of votes a candidate must receive in order to be elected. Any votes a candidate receives above the quota are transferred to another candidate. The Droop quota was devised in 1868 by the English lawyer and mathematician [[Henry Richmond Droop]] (1831–1884) as a replacement for the earlier [[Hare quota]].
Today the Droop quota is used in almost all STV elections, including the forms of STV used in [[India]], the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[Malta]] and [[Australia]], among other places. The Droop quota is very similar to the simpler [[Hagenbach-Bischoff quota]], which is also sometimes loosely referred to as the 'Droop quota'.
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The article above may have changed since this writing in December 2020. See [[wikipedia:Droop quota]] for the latest version.
== Hagenbach-Bischoff quota ==
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