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NZ switched from FPP to MMP for partially this reason. It also neutered the outsized voting power of marginal electorates - entire elections were decided at tim
by EdwardDiego 5y ago
NZ switched from FPP to MMP for partially this reason. It also neutered the outsized voting power of marginal electorates - entire elections were decided at times by the votes of 5K - 10K people.
I guess our marginal seats were the equivalent of US "swing states"?
https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/research-papers/document/00PLLawRP11031/parliamentary-voting-systems-in-new-zealand-and-the-referendum https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/research-papers/document/00P...
- nyokodo 5y ago> entire elections were decided at times by the votes of 5K - 10K people. Except for Epsom, Tauranga, and Coromandel which have continued their outsized influence most elections since.