Once the election has occurred each party (represented by their leader) elects which of the emerging coalitions to support, in accordance with their share of the popular vote. It doesn’t matter, at this stage, which electoral system has been chosen provided we are able to know the popular totals. The winning coalition will gain power, but with all voting and legislative power transferred to the majority (largest) party within the coalition. This party can then govern for the full term with or without the loyalty of their coalition partners. Such a system would mean that voters can choose which, from the left and right flanks of politics, particular party they support and vote for them in the knowledge that they will still be preventing a more feared party succeed, there is no need for tactical voting of this sort. For this reason it is much easier for smaller parties to eventually usurp the more dominant, established groups. The winning coalition cannot resign unless the controlling party agrees.
Saturday, 30 July 2011
Minority rule would prevent the instability of pr
It is possible to organise a voting system with the stability of fptp but also with the advantages of proportional representation, being a lack of (the requirement for) tactical voting.
Once the election has occurred each party (represented by their leader) elects which of the emerging coalitions to support, in accordance with their share of the popular vote. It doesn’t matter, at this stage, which electoral system has been chosen provided we are able to know the popular totals. The winning coalition will gain power, but with all voting and legislative power transferred to the majority (largest) party within the coalition. This party can then govern for the full term with or without the loyalty of their coalition partners. Such a system would mean that voters can choose which, from the left and right flanks of politics, particular party they support and vote for them in the knowledge that they will still be preventing a more feared party succeed, there is no need for tactical voting of this sort. For this reason it is much easier for smaller parties to eventually usurp the more dominant, established groups. The winning coalition cannot resign unless the controlling party agrees.
Once the election has occurred each party (represented by their leader) elects which of the emerging coalitions to support, in accordance with their share of the popular vote. It doesn’t matter, at this stage, which electoral system has been chosen provided we are able to know the popular totals. The winning coalition will gain power, but with all voting and legislative power transferred to the majority (largest) party within the coalition. This party can then govern for the full term with or without the loyalty of their coalition partners. Such a system would mean that voters can choose which, from the left and right flanks of politics, particular party they support and vote for them in the knowledge that they will still be preventing a more feared party succeed, there is no need for tactical voting of this sort. For this reason it is much easier for smaller parties to eventually usurp the more dominant, established groups. The winning coalition cannot resign unless the controlling party agrees.
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