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No it's more of a problem. Because the winning party now has an even smaller share of the vote, and may represent no one's preferences. First past the post vot
by XorNot 3y ago
No it's more of a problem. Because the winning party now has an even smaller share of the vote, and may represent no one's preferences.
First past the post voting allows only two parties: because the winner is whichever party has less competitors for it's ideological niche. It explicitly destroys any concept of a market place of ideas being possible in politics.