That’s not a coincidence. These systems push governments to serve everyone, not just swing ridings.
It’s time to make every vote count here too.
That’s not a coincidence. These systems push governments to serve everyone, not just swing ridings.
It’s time to make every vote count here too.
A big thing missing from this post is the size of the countries and their population. Canada and the USA are huge, and better described as a collection of independent states than a single country. The current systems are a result of compromises done to keep the countries together, by giving regions with small populations a say. I’m not saying these compromises turned out well, but you need to acknowledge them to understand the current mess.
Canada’s federal and provincial elections use first-past-the-post.
Our voting system is effectively a hand-me-down from the UK (where it is likewise bad and contributing to a number of issues). Your comment is moreso about different levels of government, but whether municipal, provincial, or federal, they all use the same voting system, and they all could use proportional systems (yes, including municipal – across the board the problem stems from single-member ridings causing distortions when they are used to populate larger chambers. STV maps very cleanly onto municipal politics by just eliminating wards and keeping the same top voted # of councillors).