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Ideally, it shouldn't need to be more than that. A voting system where you rank, say, five candidates from different parties could support several small parties
by yason 15y ago
Ideally, it shouldn't need to be more than that. A voting system where you rank, say, five candidates from different parties could support several small parties which are biased against in most current democratic systems.
- eru 15y agoYes, but at least proportional voting isn't as bad as first-past-the-post in this regard.
- muuh-gnu 15y agoIf you thought first-past-the-post was bad, wait for the new innovative top-two system to further spread, which is flat out eliminating the third party completely. * http://www.stoptoptwo.org/about/ http://www.stoptoptwo.org/about/ * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_14_%282010%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_14_%2820...
- eru 15y agoSounds like a run-off voting system. The French use a similar system to elect their presidents, as far as I know. Is that right? Have you looked at the French experiences?
- IgorPartola 15y agoIt sort of should. Otherwise, one-trick candidates who really have no idea about economics or foreign policy can win, say, a presidential election on a campaign based on, say, pro-life vs pro-choice or prohibition or their stance on one particular social program.
- repsilat 15y agoGermany has proportional representation. It's absolutely reasonable for parties in those systems to run on small policy platforms, especially if they're not expecting to receive a large share of the vote. The Pirate Party, if it gets into government, will invariably be a member of a coalition with limited power to influence policy. In the aftermath of elections it may have limited bargaining power as a balance of power/kingmaker party. In both of these situations it makes sense for it to be a "one-trick candidate", using its influence to deal with the issues that it cares about, and staying more or less quiet on issues that the larger parties care more about.
- IgorPartola 15y agoWhat happens for positions where you cannot have proportional representation? Positions like President, Prime Minister, Supreme Justices, etc?