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What’s more chilling than Trump’s presidency? The fact that we use the same system that just handed him total control. First-past-the-post fuels a hyper-partisan two-party system. If we want to protect democracy in Canada, we need proportional representation. #cdnpoli

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40140681

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What’s more chilling than Trump’s presidency? The fact that we use the same system that just handed him total control.

First-past-the-post fuels a hyper-partisan two-party system.

If we want to protect democracy in Canada, we need proportional representation.

#cdnpoli

  • shirro@aussie.zoneEnglish
    7·
    15 hours ago

    Good idea but also a gross oversimplification.

    You can’t compare a parliamentary democracy with a presidential republic whatever the voting system. The president is an elected tyrant. It’s a miracle one hasn’t gone rogue previously.

    A prime minister is a chairperson who only serves with the confidence of their party. In the UK and Australia PMs are routinely knifed by their own parties. Additionally the government needs to win confidence votes.

    Australia has a proportional upper house with some real teeth. They can bring a government down. But New Zealand has a unicameral proportional lower house. Optimised for different things. Many people say NZ is better but they haven’t had a big constitutional crisis so who knows. NZ only gets labour or national governments despite proportional representation.

    • AlolanVulpix@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      3·
      8 hours ago

      Good idea but also a gross oversimplification.

      In a microblogging platform, there’s only so much content you can write. And even Lemmy’s post titles are limited to 200 characters.

      You can’t compare a parliamentary democracy with a presidential republic whatever the voting system.

      Of course the systems are different, however, the core of both Canada’s and the US’s electoral system is winner-take-all (e.g, FPTP).

      Read more about how Canada is trending towards a two party system.