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You don't get real choices at the polls. We need to get rid of the winner take all system and replace it with a percentage based system.
by publicus 15y ago
You don't get real choices at the polls. We need to get rid of the winner take all system and replace it with a percentage based system.
- Joakal 15y agoUK has instant runoff voting for Upper House: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting UK rejected alternative voting in 2011 for Lower House: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum,_2011 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vot... So the winner take all would remain for a while.
- Leynos 15y agoFor clarity: The upper house (the House of Lords) is appointed, rather than elected. The instant runoff voting was used to select which hereditory peers would be allowed to remain sitting in the house after the number of sitting hereditory peers was reduced to 90 in 1999, with the electorate being other members of the house.