PR in Cali

Why hasn’t a group like the Green Party been able to successfully impliment Proportional Representation for the California Congress?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: The California Green Party seems to be pushing Instant Runoff Voting as its primary(!) electoral reform issue, not proportional representation (see http://cagreens.org/giwg/#democracy). The problem with PR (a.k.a. full representation), is that the concept is, for most voters, complicated and confusing. First, there are a lot of ideas on how it would be configured (by political parties, by ethnic groups, etc.); second, calculating the proportions can be very difficult and contentious. Just look at how much trouble we have at the national and state (Texas!) levels designating (proportional) voting districts!