Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 days agoLiberals Surge to between 42 and 49 Points as Progressive Voters Rally Behind Carneywww.ekospolitics.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down14
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-linkLiberals Surge to between 42 and 49 Points as Progressive Voters Rally Behind Carneywww.ekospolitics.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 days agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down9·2 days agoProportional representation only looks good on a spreadsheet. It’s terrible when you consider power dynamics, which you should when thinking about political systems.
minus-squarefnord@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYou mean like the shit power dynamic of a party always forming a majority government with only 40% of the vote?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoWhich power dynamics? Like, coalition building?
minus-squareInEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 days agoAs if First Past the Post didn’t have shitty power dynamics.
Proportional representation only looks good on a spreadsheet. It’s terrible when you consider power dynamics, which you should when thinking about political systems.
You mean like the shit power dynamic of a party always forming a majority government with only 40% of the vote?
Which power dynamics? Like, coalition building?
As if First Past the Post didn’t have shitty power dynamics.