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It's the essence of any representative democracy - you'd need as many parties as there are citizens for everyone to be able to vote for one that truly represent
by account42 1y ago
It's the essence of any representative democracy - you'd need as many parties as there are citizens for everyone to be able to vote for one that truly represents their views on all relevant topics.
- Jolter 1y agoTrue, but please see my reply to the sibling comment. I suppose when choosing between electoral systems, the choice is indeed a matter of the lesser of two evils!
- eru 1y agoThat might be true in some theory, in practice you can find reasonably good alignment for most people at five or six viable parties.
- account42 1y agoNo, in practice I don't find that. In practice I find people actively voting against their interests because no matter who they vote fore the party is going to push for something they don't want.
- eru 1y agoWhat countries (or states or counties or cities etc) or time periods do you have in mind here?