Electoral college

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Electoral college For electing a single president (current system US technically uses)

State divided into subregions. Each subregion gets electorates proportional to population. Each end candidate generates a list of electors which will be used if citizens vote for the candidate. Citizens see voting cards which list end candidates and usually don't know who the electorates are. "First past the post" most votes in subregion gets all electors. Electorates usually but not always follow their consituency. This is because the electorates are supposed to be smarter. Electors vote on president wins who by "first past the post", greatest share. This is really the only way to do the last stage if electing a single candidate.

Is subject to disproportional voting. In some cases in the US, the winning candidate has actually had fewer votes than his opponent, but due to 51/49s and 100/0s, he wins anyway. Also this is subject to game theory.