• UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      Usually this is where I would make a long winded comment on replacing First-past-the-post voting with a voting system that allows more then two parties to exist without a spoiler effect… but that time has long since passed us by.

      Good luck out there yall.

      • nightlily@leminal.space
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        3 days ago

        Germany and New Zealand both have a Mixed Member Proportional voting system but centre right coalition governments with a strong far-right influence currently hold the majority in both those countries. Things would undoubtedly be worse with FPTP, but proportional voting is not a magic bullet either.

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        3 days ago

        Nothing is stopping either party from implementing that, if they care to do so. So I guess some pressure to do so would be nice.

    • brachiosaurus@mander.xyz
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      2 days ago

      There are other parties than red and blue, instead of talking and giving exposure to the lesser evil candidates start talking about the actual good alternatives.

      • wabasso@lemmy.ca
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        2 days ago

        Right but how many years of greater evil parties are you willing to endure while you establish this non-evil party?