What We Are Reading Today: ‘Making Democracy Count’ by Ismar Volic

What’s the best way to determine what most voters want when multiple candidates are running? What’s the fairest way to allocate legislative seats to different constituencies? What’s the least distorted way to draw voting districts? Not the way we do things now. Democracy is mathematical to its very foundations. “Making Democracy Count” sheds new light on electoral systems, revealing how a deeper understanding of their mathematics is the key to creating civic infrastructure that works for everyone.