In article , john@acornusers.org (John M 
Ward) wrote:

> In article ,
>     wrote:
> > In article , 
> > JN@noparticularplacetogo.com (JNugent) wrote:
> 
> > > The whole point of "P" R is to hand seats to parties that haven't 
> > > won them.
> 
> > Or, to put it another way, with PR you don't give 100% of
> > representation to a small minority of voters.
> 
> No: you give it to a different set of (often) minority voters.

Not exactly. You give the seats (plural) to more than one minority, such 
that all but a small minority are *not* represented.

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