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Simon:
Yes that is the problem which is why I abandoned the green party.

james_s:
Here there are only two viable parties, the way the system is set up the two big ones have critical mass and any other parties are doomed to succeed only enough to draw votes away from the one with the views most similar to their own which tends to hand the election to the person that neither wanted. I'm not really sure how to fix that either but I've wondered if it would help to have the ability to make a first and second choice on the ballot. Like I'll vote for this guy as my first choice but if he doesn't get enough votes to move forward then fall back on this other guy. As it stands it's all or nothing, you sometimes have to choose between the person you'd really like to support and the person who appears to be the safer choice to beat the one you really don't want.

Simon:
Yea Australia uses such a system and they tried to get it in the UK but the right wing party lied hard enough about how it would not work and be too expensive and generally confused people enough that they won and there was no change.

John B:

--- Quote from: Simon on June 20, 2020, 08:31:07 pm ---Yea Australia uses such a system and they tried to get it in the UK but the right wing party lied hard enough about how it would not work and be too expensive and generally confused people enough that they won and there was no change.

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We're still stuck flip-flopping between Liberal and Labour parties, although there are major alternatives for representation in the house and senate.

Sadly, one of the major alternatives is the Greens, whom I used to like the idea of, thinking that they were focused on sustainable environmental practices. However, for years now they have devolved into the ultra woke far left party.

Simon:
same here. Their one and only MP compiled a list of women that should run the country, why i don't know, but she subsequently apologized for not including any (token) black women, that kind of put the nail in the coffin for me and i left.

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