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minus-squareNouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m not a fan of straight proportional representation, because it undercuts and devalues ridings and constituencies. I’m not going to pretend to know the real solution though.
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.funami.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months ago I’m not a fan of straight proportional representation, because it undercuts and devalues ridings and constituencies. That’s not entirely accurate as the electoral systems mixed-member proportional and the single transferable vote under the proportional representation family both retain the local representation. It’s only the party-lists system that abolishes local ridings.
minus-squareNouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoI’ve (now I see incorrectly) understood straight proportional representation to be party-list proportional.
I’m not a fan of straight proportional representation, because it undercuts and devalues ridings and constituencies.
I’m not going to pretend to know the real solution though.
That’s not entirely accurate as the electoral systems mixed-member proportional and the single transferable vote under the proportional representation family both retain the local representation. It’s only the party-lists system that abolishes local ridings.
I’ve (now I see incorrectly) understood straight proportional representation to be party-list proportional.