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> but who gets to choose what attributes of populations are the right ones to group together into districts? Let the voters decide. Allow them to group themsel
by cabalamat 6y ago
> but who gets to choose what attributes of populations are the right ones to group together into districts?
Let the voters decide. Allow them to group themselves into self-selecting affinity groups, i.e. have proportional representation.
- tshaddox 6y agoHow would that work with representative democracy? With direct democracy that's pretty straightfoward: one could vote with conservationists on land policies, libertarians on drug policies, progressives on welfare policies, etc. instead of having to vote for a representative who probably disagrees wildly with at least one of those views.
- cabalamat 6y ago> How would that work with representative democracy? With PR there would be a larger number of viable parties, for example in the last Dutch election, 13 parties got elected. > instead of having to vote for a representative who probably disagrees wildly with at least one of those views With 13 parties you'd probably be able to find one which is reasonably close to your own views.
- tshaddox 6y agoHaving a larger number of viable parties doesn’t seem like it would help that much when your district is huge and gets one representative elected with FPTP.
- cabalamat 6y agoThis wouldn't happen, because districts would be multi-member. For extra proportionality, have top-up seats (as used in Germany or Scotland).