Could Proportional Representation have averted the U.S. Civil War? 1879 government report says yes

Tom Monto
May 8, 2024
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Sir John Lubbock in his 1884 pamphlet Proportional Representation indicates that a U.S. government report of 1869 says fair voting could have prevented the whole catastrophe.

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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t21c2bd35&seq=9

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