In a first-past-the-post system, the election outcome does not really reflect the will of the electorate. Which is why things are so fucked up in places that use these systems.
The British don’t seem to be doing so well anymore with their parliamentary system. it would appear that there is no governmental system that can’t be manipulated effectively anymore.
I get your point, but what those systems do is they don’t let massively unpopular candidates win by dividing the opposition and they let third parties compete without splitting the vote.
the osa was dreamed up by the tories and enthusiastically implemented by labour. even if proportional rep or whatever alternative to fptp was established before the act came into force, there is little chance that one of these main parties wouldn’t have had enough influence to push it through regardless
In a first-past-the-post system, the election outcome does not really reflect the will of the electorate. Which is why things are so fucked up in places that use these systems.
The British don’t seem to be doing so well anymore with their parliamentary system. it would appear that there is no governmental system that can’t be manipulated effectively anymore.
They have an FPTP system. This is exactly what I’m talking about.
Any time you have an election, the winning choice is always ‘first past the post’. No matter how many rounds of voting you place in the way.
there are other methods, ranked choice for example
Uh, no, that’s not how this works at all.
I get your point, but what those systems do is they don’t let massively unpopular candidates win by dividing the opposition and they let third parties compete without splitting the vote.
the osa was dreamed up by the tories and enthusiastically implemented by labour. even if proportional rep or whatever alternative to fptp was established before the act came into force, there is little chance that one of these main parties wouldn’t have had enough influence to push it through regardless