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Another approach is to do what Romania is doing. They tried implementing FPTP, but it failed in the referendum, so they implemented it half-way: you still have
by flavius29663 4y ago
Another approach is to do what Romania is doing. They tried implementing FPTP, but it failed in the referendum, so they implemented it half-way: you still have FPTP, so you get a representative from the local community, but the national votes that are "wasted" get redistributed nationally to each party , such that the popular vote matches the seats closely. The only thing is: your party needs to clear 5% of the popular vote nationally, and it will have guaranteed seats. It's a bit more complex, but that's the crux of it.
This system allows for parties to be created and destroyed very easily, we had 2 new parties in the last 10 years that at some point got 15-20% of the votes