• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    It would be amazing to see something like ranked choice voting in Canada but I have my doubts. The Liberals win a lot of seats just by not being Conservative. If they introduced electoral reform they would lose that bias.

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      8 months ago

      Cons would never have control…

      Libs would never get majority…

      We’d forever have a system of government where they can’t me vs them. They’d be forced to work together like the Libs and NDP are doing currently.

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        8 months ago

        This is not true. Look at the German electorate, which is dominated by five parties which often form coalitions. The CDU/CSU conservative coalition formed grand Coalitions with the centre left SPD quite a few times successfully, after neither side could form a majority coalition.

        Edit: upon revisiting my comment, strike the first sentence. Regardless, conservatives do have control in Germany. Even if it’s just through coalitions. Coalitions are amazing and so is ranked choice voting.

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      8 months ago

      Maybe, but given house grim it looks for them in the coming election maybe it’ll be “something is better than nothing”