If there are two candidates, then 51% wins, if there are three candidates then 34% of the vote wins the election. The amount to win the election depends on the number of candidates, the more candidates running then the less of the vote needed to win. ... In 1962, the Supreme Court ruled in Baker vs. ... Baker vs. ... Rarely, however, have reapportionment methods differed by more than one seat for a particular state. ...

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This is in contrast to a communist society where you are part of the greater whole at the cost of losing one's individualism and personal say; and in contrast to a dictatorship or monarchy where there often are no individual rights and decisions are made by one person or a select few and are then handed down. ... Therefore self determination reflects freedom and a chance for expression which, in turn, reflects the virtue of democracy vs. all other major forms of government. ... However a working democracy is far more complicated and abstracted than its essence would let on. ...

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