Opinion: The case for electoral reform

Much ink has been spilled on the crisis of democracy in recent years. Across the globe, democracy seems to be on the defensive and appears to be in real trouble in states as varied as India, the Philippines, Brazil, Venezuela, Egypt and Turkey. Of course, one need look no further than south of the border to gain an acute awareness of the travails of representative democratic institutions under the now one-yearold presidency of Donald Trump. According to a 2014 study conducted by professors Marti