Big government is a result of the voting system

Electoral reform is only (considered) an important issue by people who think the behaviour of government could be improved, or it could be less awful. If government as it exists under Fptp is not a problem there would be no need for improvement, to do so would be a waste of time. We would hope that government would be not so bad under fair votes. Democracy makes tyranny (slightly) more difficult, more democracy makes tyranny even more difficult and therefore reduces the size of government. The large size of government is often a result of the manner by which politicians are elected.