I mean that doesn't work for Presidential elections, you need Ranked Choice voting for that, but still, having a real democracy for the parliaments instead of FPTP would be much better.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yep, Mixed Member Proportional system means that you get to elect someone to represent your area, and know that the overall makeup of the parliament will be proportional to the overall party votes received.

And as you mention, a form of ranked choice voting is still needed for any "finite seat" vote, such as local representatives, where you're electing individuals rather than groups.

FPTP is a horrendous system and all it does is incentivise strategic voting, which is problematic because ideally we should all vote for whatever suits our interests and beliefs, without worrying about whether our votes are being wasted.

[–] DannyMac 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To combat this, we need more conservative parties.

[–] SafCack 2 points 1 year ago

Finally! Someone gets it!

[–] Korne127 10 points 1 year ago

It's true, first past the post is absolute shit and voting third party on it is just useless. But rather blame the dumb guys who vote Republican than those who at least try to stop them.