FPTP vs MMP

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 10:36:32AM -0400, Christopher Browne wrote:
> Well, if you're inclined to be at all scared of any of the fringes,
> then that's a disqualifying factor for MMP, whether the fear is of the
> Green Party or of the Communist part or the Family Coalition or
> Libertarian parties.
> 
> I'd tend to expect MMP to give fringe parties appalling amounts of
> power/control, as majority governments would be replaced by a need to
> build coalitions where the last little bits to head in would get power
> out of proportion to their representation.  That's the sort of thing
> that has happened in places like Italy and Israel...

OK, how many people are going to vote for one of those parties?  If 5%
vote for them (which would surprise me), then they could get perhaps 5
seats.  Maybe not irrelevant, but not a huge power either.

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Len Sorensen
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