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The media tried very hard to make this sound complicated and scary. Ignoring its how the major parties elect their own leaders. [needs source] Frankly changing
by Already__Taken 11y ago
The media tried very hard to make this sound complicated and scary. Ignoring its how the major parties elect their own leaders. [needs source]
Frankly changing the voting system would require everyone that votes to understand the implications of the system itself. From what I remember talking about the AV people would think of one thing that's different, call it a problem and no amount of explaining would matter.
- ZeroGravitas 11y agoAn obscure note, parties do use AV to select their leaders, and for that purpose it's actually pretty good since there's only one position to fill. In a parliamentary election, adding some PR like in the devolved Scottish and Welsh assemblies makes more sense, and means AV was only a tiny improvement. http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/additional-member-system http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/additional-member-system http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/alternative-vote http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/alternative-vote