Notices tagged with proportionalrepresentation

@keithzg I have strong interest in #ElectoralReform myself -- I strongly oppose #ProportionalRepresentation. (We can discuss that at some point if you'd like, but preferably not today.) But in my experience it's not an issue that moves voters. Hence the low turnout and the status quo wins whenever there is a referendum on the issue.

#PMTrudeau will likely be happy that he the current vote will be under #FPTP. We seem to be heading towards 1972 redux.

@Wolf480pl yes, sorry for the ambiguity, both #MMP and #STV are forms of #ProportionalRepresentation. In #NZ we use MPP for central government elections, and STV for some local/ regional council elections. Having now voted in both styles of election, and seen the wider political effects (we've had MMP since the 1990s), I think STV is the better system.

Since #proportionalrepresentation does necessarily result in a government that better reflects the public will (its purported advantage), and since it loses the useful features of easily creating and throwing out majority governments, it should be rejected.

Caveat: Governments depend on political culture as much as formal rules; changes to the system ought to be considered in a specific context, not on an a priori basis.

#bcpol

I oppose #proportionalrepresentation .

Proponents claim many advantages, which largely depend on the variant used; I could criticise them one by one. (e.g., PR elects more women! But closed-list PR makes MLAs responsible to their parties not constituents!)

Let me instead address two general problems.

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