The World Happiness Report rates each nation by the happines of its denizens, and provides a ranking of the happiest to least happy countries. While freedom and happiness are not the same thing, it stands to reason that they are correlated to some degree.
It is worth observing that of the top 10 most happy countries according to the report, all 10 have at least one house of their legislatures elected in a proportional manner by the people (which stands in contrast to e.g. USA, the UK, or Australia).
It might be worth noting here that Australia does generally use proportional voting for state legislative houses, which control most of the day-to-day laws that people live under. I’m not sure whether this comes under what you meant by “at least one house of their legislatures” or not.
At the national level, one house does use a proportional voting system (in that multiple representatives are elected by the people per electorate in a manner proportional to their support), but the electorates are divided between states and not proportional to population. In the other house, electorates are proportional to population but each elects only one member.
I see, thanks for the correction. Australia is #11 in the 2020 report (the same as I was referring to above), so if anything, that further illustrates what I am saying.
The World Happiness Report rates each nation by the happines of its denizens, and provides a ranking of the happiest to least happy countries. While freedom and happiness are not the same thing, it stands to reason that they are correlated to some degree.
It is worth observing that of the top 10 most happy countries according to the report, all 10 have at least one house of their legislatures elected in a proportional manner by the people (which stands in contrast to e.g. USA, the UK, or Australia).
It might be worth noting here that Australia does generally use proportional voting for state legislative houses, which control most of the day-to-day laws that people live under. I’m not sure whether this comes under what you meant by “at least one house of their legislatures” or not.
At the national level, one house does use a proportional voting system (in that multiple representatives are elected by the people per electorate in a manner proportional to their support), but the electorates are divided between states and not proportional to population. In the other house, electorates are proportional to population but each elects only one member.
I see, thanks for the correction. Australia is #11 in the 2020 report (the same as I was referring to above), so if anything, that further illustrates what I am saying.