Droop is not better than Hagenbach Bischoff Okay suppose we have an instant runoff election where we have 50 votes with Party A as first preference and Party B as second preference We also have 50 votes with Party B as first preference and Party A as second preference Using the Hagenbach Bischoff quota of 50 both parties reach quota and there is a tie Using the Droop Quota of 51 neither party reaches the quota but as they have the same number of first preference votes neither can be eliminated and we have a tie anyway So using the Droop Quota does not eliminate ties It is a much more ugly formula and has the property that parties with majority support can recieve a minority of seats Can anybody give me a good reason why the world is still using the Droop Quota