Exploring Alternative Ways to Allocate Delegates

Michael A. Jones (), David McCune () and Jennifer M. Wilson ()
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Michael A. Jones: American Mathematical Society
David McCune: William Jewell College
Jennifer M. Wilson: Eugene Lang College, The New School

Chapter Chapter 7 in Delegate Apportionment in the US Presidential Primaries, 2023, pp 187-206 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explores alternate models for allocating delegatesDelegate to candidates. We review shift-quota and divisor methodsDivisor methods and different criteria for determining which allocation is fairest, including the seat-transfer approach and optimization. We compare these methods to delegate apportionment methods based on two indices of disproportionality. We also discuss how the apportionment problem has been solved in the European UnionEuropean Union Parliament using the concept of degressive proportionalityDegressive proportionality, and use this concept to motivate the idea of regressive proportionalityRegressive proportionality. This mirror image of degressive proportionalityDegressive proportionality, used in conjunction with divisor methodsDivisor methods, offers a potential solution to the delegateDelegate apportionment problem which avoids some of the inconsistency and paradoxical behavior exhibited by existing delegate allocation methods. We conclude by discussing the factors that make delegate apportionment unique, and how the apportionment methods used by each state could be better tailored to where the election falls in the primaryPrimary calendar.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24954-9_7

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