Fair voting introduces competition to each side

Under pr there would no need to get frustrated with your party, you would simply be able to vote for someone else. Majoritarian voting is like having a dictatorship on either side. As a centre-right (or centre-left) voter, we must tolerate the Republicans (or the Democrats) even if we dislike them. There is no easy (democratic) means to influence our party of choice, other than to complain.

It is possible to still vote centre-right (or centre-left) and have our vote matter, under pr.


With fptp there is no competition on either side.