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  1. Adam (inkslinger@mastodon.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Apr-2019 12:46:41 EDT Adam Adam

    I always assumed Andrew Coyne was a small-c conservative, status quo kind of guy, but then he writes this column.

    "...where there are only two parties contesting an election, first past the post works tolerably well.

    [...]

    But add a third party, and a fourth, and a fifth, and the divergence from majority rule, both locally and overall, increases..."

    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-coyne-we-are-trying-to-stuff-multi-party-politics-into-a-system-built-for-two

    #canada

    In conversation Thursday, 25-Apr-2019 12:46:41 EDT from mastodon.club permalink

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    1. Andrew Coyne: We are trying to stuff multi-party politics into a system built for two
      By Andrew Coyne from National Post
      When only two parties contest an election, first past the post works tolerably well. But add a third party, or more, and the divergence from majority rule increases
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