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  1. Despite receiving 1.4 Mio. votes less than the Democrats, the Republicans won 33 seats more.

  2. See: http://www.fairvote.org.

  3. Dutch saying, which translates as “you have to make do with what you have”.

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  1. Department of Political Science, Central European University, Nador u. 9, 1051, Budapest, Hungary

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The interview with Arend Lijphart took place on November 18 and 21, 2014, at his home in San Francisco. The author thanks Raluca Bătănoiu for transcribing the interview.

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Bogaards, M. Making a difference: an interview with Arend Lijphart. Z Vgl Polit Wiss 9, 83–96 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12286-015-0241-1

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