Maybe Canada does! In the 2008 election the Bloc Que. received 1.3 million votes and won 50 Parliamentary seats. The Green Party received close to 1 million votes and won...0 (zero!) seats.
To stress the point, the lists below compare seats received, according to the system of First Past The Post, i.e. "winner takes all fantasyland" with what would happen if "Rep by Pop" (remember that expression in Canadian history?) were used instead.
FPTP Rep by Pop
Conservative 143 117
Liberal 76 81
NDP 37 57
Bloc 50 28
Greens 0 23
Not hard to imagine why voters are hesitant to turn out on election days, is it? Their votes don't count. They are not represented. Why bother? This has to change!
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Agreed!
ReplyDeleteI agree. It makes perfect sense but in politics rationality has never been considered a virtue.
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