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The UK does not have proportional representation, that's not correct. FPTP & PR are opposites- you have to choose one system or the other. I agree that presiden
by hash872 5y ago
The UK does not have proportional representation, that's not correct. FPTP & PR are opposites- you have to choose one system or the other. I agree that presidential systems are probably suboptimal, but it is worth noting that South Korea has a president in addition to FPTP, single rep districts, etc. Again my point- if you're a stable culture, you can make any system work!
- ClayShentrup 5y agoOn Korea: The National Assembly has 300 members elected for a four-year term, 253 in single-seat constituencies and 47 members by proportional representation.
- hash872 5y agoYes, and I believe Taiwan has started doing something similar. That's still under 16% of all seats, and- they just started doing this in the last couple of years. They were 100% similar to the US system until very recently