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Sure, that works fine when one party has 50%. But what happens when no-one does?
by jonp888 6y ago
Sure, that works fine when one party has 50%. But what happens when no-one does?
- CobrastanJorji 6y agoThat was the case in the UK from 2010-2015. It's called a minority government. Various factions horse trade until some coalition of parties has a majority, and then they rule as coalition. Members of both the Conservatives and Liberal-Democrats had cabinet seats. The main downside to this sort of process is that sometimes negotiations take a long time. Belgium spent nearly two years bickering over forming their coalition in 2010.
- oblio 6y agoThat comment was literally about coalitions ...
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Sure, that works fine when one party has 50%. But what happens when no-one does? Form a coalition that does or have new elections. You can even set a timeline after an election for a coalition to be in place or new elections are mandated by law.