More parties mean more diversity of representation. Voters in multiparty democracy are more likely to find a party they affirmatively like, rather than simply support as the lesser of two evils. Voters are more likely to feel represented and engaged politically. Minority voters need not cluster together into majority-minority districts to elect their candidates of choice. And when countries use proportional representation to generate multiparty democracy, voters don’t have to live in “swing” districts for their votes to matter. Under a proportional system, almost all votes matter equally,
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