FPTP vs MMP

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> Both systems have the capacity to give power to parties out of
> proportion to the popular vote -- one is weighted towards smaller
> parties, one towards larger ones. To me, the MMP approach is by far the
> worse of the two types of inequity.

I agree. Any political party that hopes to form a government has to be a 
"big tent" party so that tends to even out excesses, though it can also 
be argued that it tends to drive parties to mediocrity where no bold 
initiatives can ever be put forth. Perhaps the place to look is within 
the parties themselves to find out more about how they set their 
policies, how they elect their leaders, and how they nominate their 
candidates for election in ridings. Parties that have "one member, one 
vote" and transparent policy conventions and nomination/leadership 
election processes are more representative than parties where they have 
arcane rules for nomination/leadership elections.
-- 
Regards,

Clifford
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