▁which ▁public ▁opinion ▁is ▁equally ▁divided ▁for ▁and ▁against . ▁A ▁study ▁of ▁various ▁elections ▁has ▁shown ▁that ▁this ▁equally - div ided ▁scenario ▁is ▁not ▁typical ; ▁these ▁elections ▁suggested ▁that ▁voting ▁weights ▁should ▁be ▁distributed ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁ 0 . 9 ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁vot ers ▁represented ▁( in ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁ 0 . 5 ▁power ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁Pen rose ▁method ). ▁ ▁In ▁practice , ▁the ▁theoretical ▁possibility ▁of ▁the ▁decis iveness ▁of ▁a ▁single ▁vote ▁is ▁question able . ▁E lections ▁results ▁that ▁come ▁close ▁to ▁a ▁tie ▁are ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁leg ally ▁challeng ed , ▁as ▁was ▁the ▁case ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁president ial ▁election ▁in ▁Florida ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁which ▁suggests ▁that ▁no ▁single ▁vote ▁is ▁p iv otal . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁a ▁minor ▁technical ▁issue ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁theoretical ▁argument ▁for ▁allocation ▁of ▁voting ▁weight ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁possibility ▁that ▁an ▁individual ▁has ▁a ▁dec iding ▁vote ▁in ▁each ▁representative ' s ▁area . ▁This ▁scenario ▁is ▁only ▁possible ▁when ▁each ▁representative ▁has ▁an ▁odd ▁number ▁of ▁vot ers ▁in ▁their ▁area . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁List ▁of ▁countries ▁by ▁population ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁The ▁Double ▁Major ity ▁V oting ▁Rule ▁of ▁the ▁EU ▁Reform ▁Tre aty ▁as ▁a ▁Democratic ▁Ide al ▁for ▁an ▁En larg ing ▁Union ▁: ▁an ▁App rais al ▁Using ▁V oting ▁Power ▁Analysis , ▁D . ▁Le ech ▁and ▁H . ▁Az iz , ▁University