For myself, this does not make me reject the one man one vote rule, but it does suggest that we need to be much more sensitive to the traditional boundaries of political communities in drawing district lines. Discuss contemporary controversies regarding racially sensitive districting. Whoever gets the most votes wins. But if there are more than two candidates, it may happen that none gets a majority, and the one with the plurality is elected. The winner take all rule used in American elections makes this a very common occurrence.
Many electoral systems rely on proportional representation .
In these systems, a district elects several representatives, and these are apportioned according to the proportion of votes each party receives. This system assures a better representation of public opinion, and assures that most minority parties get some representation. Shades of opinion find expression, and less known or out of the mainstream opinions have a better chance of being heard. A good example of this system, and some of the problems it creates, is the Israeli electoral system. The proportional representation system represents the range of opinions with much greater refinement than the single member district, but it makes ruling more difficult.