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I don't get why the district seat doesn't simply use approval voting. If I look at my local district, Nuremberg North, the relative majority with fptp is alway
by froh 5y ago
I don't get why the district seat doesn't simply use approval voting. If I look at my local district, Nuremberg North, the relative majority with fptp is always with the CSU. However the more or less left leaning parties, SPD, Grüne, Linke always have a combined solid majority over the neolib spectrum FW, CSU, FDP.
With approval voting, my educated bet would be a higher approval for one of SPD or Grüne than for any in the neoliberal/conservative spectrum.
Same goes for many districts which produce paradoxical overhang seats, in both directions, like SPD in NRW, and CSU in Bavaria districts.
- adsche 5y ago> the relative majority with fptp is always with the CSU. I feel like this is part of the reason. CDU/CSU currently seem to profit most from this system and they have been governing for 16 years. Before that, SPD got the most direct mandates and was governing. Even if the governing parties wanted a change, it would probably be hard to convince their MPs to vote for a law that would endanger their own re-election.