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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Australia may be a better bet. It preserves the culturally ingrained assumption that each electorate has one MP (at least in the main chamber of parliament), though these are elected using STV preferential voting. (There is an upper house which is proportionally elected per state, though it acts as a house of review, much like the Lords.) You also have compulsory voting (or at least showing up at a polling place or having a good excuse), which makes it harder for parties to win by riling up highly motivated fringe groups.

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wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Personally I hate the “one MP per area” aspect of our system. You only have one person to raise issues with and they may not be sympathetic to your views.

Multi-member constituencies it’s much more likely that you can get your issue heard by someone who won’t dismiss you.

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maam@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The UK should not apply Australia’s affirmative vote system since the results are less proportional to what the voters actually voted. Anglophones should not be afraid of having more than one mp per riding since multi-member riding districts properly reflect the vote shares. You can go with 5-member ridings instead.

Proportional representation fairly represents 95% of the vote while first-past-the-post and the instant-runoff ranked ballots do not.

Proportional Representation is a family of voting systems with various flavors such as:

Single Transferable Vote Explained

Mixed-Member Proportional Representation Explained

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- echodot@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Single transferable vote doesn’t really solve any of the underlying problems. It’s plastering over them more than actually fixing them given that we’re changing the electro system I’d rather we actually fix the problem.
  
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  - maam@feddit.uk ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    That’s not accurate to say as it’s gives voters the most sophisticated way of voting, prevents parachute candidates, increases accountability, in parliament and ensures 95% of the vote is counted instead of wasted.
    
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    echodot@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    It is accurate to say that it’s not as good as proportional representation because it isn’t as good as proportional representation hence the plaster over analogy.
    
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