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Comment on YSK that the First-Past-The-Post voting system allows a political party to gain an absolute majority with a minority of the votes

CatpainTypo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

It would be possible to get a majority and take all with only 23% of the votes. The David Cameron Tories won with 27%. We need a PR system.

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palordrolap@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
PR will only work if safeguards can be put in place beforehand to prevent one or more parties (political or individual) in an alliance causing a complete government shutdown every time they don't get their way.

What are the odds, do you think, that such safeguards would be put in place when the larger political parties prefer FPTP?

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- CatpainTypo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It’s good enough for all the parties internally.
  
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