Why PR Would Help One reason more people participate in PR elections is that a multi-party system offers more choices. When it is easier to find a candidate or party you are really excited about, you are more likely to vote. This is another strong incentive to participate. Political parties usually make little effort to get out the vote in districts where they stand little chance of winning. Safe seats have become an epidemic.
Every district is competitive because even parties in the minority are able to elect candidates.
So more people have a reason to vote and parties try to mobilize their voters in all districts, not just a few. For all of these reasons, adopting proportional representation elections would be a big help in addressing our chronically low voter turnout levels. We would see millions of more voters going to the polls in every election and this would be a significant step toward addressing one of the most persistent problems in American politics.