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Some things I dislike about what I saw in Italy's system: * It gives small parties disproportionate amounts of power at times: "do what we say or we leave the
by davidw 5y ago
Some things I dislike about what I saw in Italy's system:
* It gives small parties disproportionate amounts of power at times: "do what we say or we leave the coalition and the government falls".
* It gives parties disproportionate power, since they pick the candidates on their lists.
* I think have a person represent a geographic area and be beholden to it has some benefits.
Mostly, it's the government stability problem, as lots of fractious parties, some of which are personal projects rather than longer-term movements just don't offer much continuity.
- Ericson2314 5y agoReplacing "Joe Manchin" with "small coalition partner" still sounds like an improvement :).
- davidw 5y agoThe US has plenty of defects too. Not sure what really stands out as a good one to me that exists in the real world. Australia seems to have some good bits...but maybe that's just because I'm not familiar with it.
- Ericson2314 5y agoParliamentary systems with proportional representation, but the research does show they are better over all --- both theoretical and empirical. The situation in Italy is unfortunate, but I don't think it is a good reason for the US to rest on its laurels.