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I was actually thinking about Party-list proportional representation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation https://en.wikipedia.
by thomasahle 5y ago
I was actually thinking about Party-list proportional representation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party-list_proportional_repres...), but mostly because I hadn't heard about MMP. I'm still not quite sure what the difference is.
- sofixa 5y agoThe difference is that with mixed you vote for a person and a list of people ( party), not only for a party.
- thomasahle 5y agoIn party list systems you also often vote for a candidate: "Voters may vote for the party, as in [...]; or for candidates whose vote total will pool to the party/parties.
- Dagonfly 5y agoMMP by definition guarantees a direct representative for each district. You can think of it as FPTP (per district) and a party-list election at the same time. The FPTP winner in each district gets a guaranteed seat, but the remaining seats are filled (based on the party lists) such that the final proportions in parlament match the party-list election. In theory, you get the best of both worlds: a direct representative for everyone and parlament according to popular vote.