
what election system would you prefer??
for me, i think preferential voting works far better then first past the post (like the US does)
if 60% of the population supporter tighter gun laws, and two parties (A and B) took this stance, then the vote would probably (for simplicities sake) be split 30-30
wheras if only 1 party (C) supported loosening gun laws, they would get 40% of the vote.
under a preferential system, voters of A would give their preference to B and vice versa, so either A or B gets eliminated after the first count and the other gets the 60% of votes, thus representing the majority view. first past the post would elect party C.
this is similar to what happened in the last US election. they said most Nader supporters were also Gore supporters, but that meant that the votes were split between these two, whereas those who agreed with george w's politics voted for him, and he did not have to "share" votes. hence why he won.
for me, i think preferential voting works far better then first past the post (like the US does)
if 60% of the population supporter tighter gun laws, and two parties (A and B) took this stance, then the vote would probably (for simplicities sake) be split 30-30
wheras if only 1 party (C) supported loosening gun laws, they would get 40% of the vote.
under a preferential system, voters of A would give their preference to B and vice versa, so either A or B gets eliminated after the first count and the other gets the 60% of votes, thus representing the majority view. first past the post would elect party C.
this is similar to what happened in the last US election. they said most Nader supporters were also Gore supporters, but that meant that the votes were split between these two, whereas those who agreed with george w's politics voted for him, and he did not have to "share" votes. hence why he won.