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Two-party "democracy" gave the UK a decade of ill-represented government. The switch from FPTP to a proportional ranked voting system needs to happen for its d
by mrd3v0 3y ago
Two-party "democracy" gave the UK a decade of ill-represented government.
The switch from FPTP to a proportional ranked voting system needs to happen for its democracy to be sustain itself in the future.
- whimsicalism 3y agoEven more impactful imo would be having a primaries system rather than centralized decisions about who gets to run under what label. Nothing like this is possible in the US: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65102128 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65102128
- tomp 3y agoThe issue with the UK is that the opposition is even worse. Proportional voting doesn’t change that.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> The issue with the UK is that the opposition is even worse. > Proportional voting doesn’t change that. Yes, it does. That is, proportional electoral systems increase the diversity of viable and represented parties, so if “the opposition” is bad in an FPTP system with the narrow set of parties it supports (can be as small as two, but regional dynamics will sometimes make it more nationally), proportional representation very much is a solution.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Two-party “democracy” gave the UK a decade of ill-represented government. There are 11 parties represented (12 that have won seats, but Sinn Fein is Sinn Fein), not counting independents, in the House of Commons. > The switch from FPTP to a proportional ranked voting system needs to happen for its democracy to be sustain itself in the future. Don’t disagree with this, though.
- penguin_booze 3y agoFor anyone wondering, FPTP is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting.