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In Australia each vote received by a candidate is worth a $ amount of funding (paid by tax payers). We also have campaign donations. But I wonder how far the t
by RileyJames 6y ago
In Australia each vote received by a candidate is worth a $ amount of funding (paid by tax payers). We also have campaign donations. But I wonder how far the tax payer funded model could be taken.
Each vote represents a) the path to election but also b) funding for the next election campaign.
- projektfu 6y agoIn Australia, are parties a "first-class" part of the system? In the US, the historical animosity toward "factions" by the Federalists left us with a system where individuals are funded and the parties are independent corporate entities with their own rules but only de facto power. In the US, a proportional representation system would have to be enabled by constitutional amendment, I think.
- ClayShentrup 6y agoNo, it wouldn't require a constitutional amendment. https://www.rangevoting.org/PropRep https://www.rangevoting.org/PropRep