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> although they get something like 20-30% of the votes overall they get very few MPs, approx 0 to 5 out of 577 because they don't reach majorities in constituen
by car_analogy 5y ago
> although they get something like 20-30% of the votes overall they get very few MPs, approx 0 to 5 out of 577 because they don't reach majorities in constituencies.
Sounds like the current system is very undemocratic. Concerns about gerrymandering in the US seem utterly trivial in comparison.
- mytailorisrich 5y agoIt's the same in the US. The difference is that since the US are pretty much strictly bi-partite it does not really impact representativity, whereas France hasa number of different parties.
- car_analogy 5y agoThe reason the US is bi-partite is the voting system, so you can't say it doesn't impact representativity.
- belltaco 5y agoThere are dozens of countries if not more that have a FPTP system but have multiple viable parties.
- rich_sasha 5y agoAre there? UK notionally comes up as an example, but it really isn’t. There are 5-10 parties in the House of Commons, but only two that count for anything in terms of seat count. Which is quite damning to the idea of the “Union” btw, the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland have their own parties that get a large proportion of available seats, and they are still nonexistent on national politics.