shadysus@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agoWhat is your preferred form of proportional representation, and why?lemmy.caimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1189arrow-down1imageWhat is your preferred form of proportional representation, and why?lemmy.cashadysus@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-text
links: https://www.fairvote.ca/open-list-proportional-representation/ https://www.fairvote.ca/stv/ https://www.fairvote.ca/mixed-member-proportional/ Regional Proportional Representation
minus-squareEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoRanked choice voting. Along with eliminating anyone with less than ~2%
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoProp rep isn’t ranked-choice, though. This question essentially asked “what is your favourite colour of blue dodge caravan?” For people without a math degree, ranked-choice is the easy sale.
minus-squareEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoOk fair, I didn’t read all the details, and too lazy to go through all those links to understand them and pick my favourite. Which ever one doesn’t lead to stratigic voting and concentration of power.
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoIn Germany they eliminate anyone with less than 4% and it was disastrous for Brandenburg. It basically meant that the right wing parties had no opposition.
minus-squareEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoRanked choice should solve this. If you vote for 5 left wing parties, with the last one being one you know isn’t going to get eliminated, then your vote still goes to the left
Ranked choice voting.
Along with eliminating anyone with less than ~2%
Prop rep isn’t ranked-choice, though. This question essentially asked “what is your favourite colour of blue dodge caravan?”
For people without a math degree, ranked-choice is the easy sale.
Ok fair, I didn’t read all the details, and too lazy to go through all those links to understand them and pick my favourite.
Which ever one doesn’t lead to stratigic voting and concentration of power.
In Germany they eliminate anyone with less than 4% and it was disastrous for Brandenburg. It basically meant that the right wing parties had no opposition.
Ranked choice should solve this.
If you vote for 5 left wing parties, with the last one being one you know isn’t going to get eliminated, then your vote still goes to the left