Despite what Canada’s nation hating extreme right would have you believe.

  • Grimpen@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Give me some STV! MMP seems to work well for NZ¹. Electoral reform won’t fix everything, but it will allow a path for more adaptability in politics at the very least.


    ¹ I’m also okay with AV (instant runoff). Is it perfect? No, but let not the perfect be the enemy of the good. AV at least overcomes the spoiler effect, and would allow more diversity of parties. AV does tend to encourage coalitions formed around a centrist party with broad support (probably the Liberals in Canadian federal politics) as they will tend to be the 2nd or 3rd pick, but the balance of other parties in any resulting coalition would tend to drive things. Plus, without the spoiler effect of FPTP there can always be a competitor for the centre. Basically. FPTP is the worst, and although I have my preferences, less bad is still improvement. Also, AV can always serve as a palate cleanser for full STV.