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Fidesz, got 53% of the vote. This translated into 68% of the seats in the parliament under Hungary’s current disproportionate election law in case anyone is cu

• sakai 15y ago
  Interesting, though picking on that one sentence sort of misses the point -- via long-term political appointments, supermajority requirements, constitutional reforms, and a host of other measures, Fidesz has critically wounded the ability of any political opposition to complete within the system.
  • zalew 15y ago
    it wasn't a point, just an insight on this particular method, which probably most US-based HN users aren't familiar with. Hungary is an extreme case, but it affects all elections using this system, giving dominant parties a disproportional advantage and skewing the raw poll result.
  • winestock 15y ago
    I am curious as to whether anyone saw this vulnerability ahead of time. Fidesz has essentially hacked the Hungarian constitution. Did anyone see this coming? More fundamentally, would it have mattered if anyone had? A modern constitution needs to be written down. A democratic process must be agreed upon by all participants. By virtue of that, this set of political procedures is vulnerable to hacking. The hacker (or cracker, take your pick) can cycle through different attacks more quickly than the procedures can be hardened against them.