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Canada's first-past-the-post election system feeds hostility, says one expert
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this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2024
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It's almost like a system that awards power on a winner-takes-all basis results in suboptimal representation of your population. Who would've though? /s
We need more than 2 choices at every one of the 338 riddings and more accountability for all politicians. I'm tired of toxic politics.
Couldn't agree more. Politics (and politicians by extension) should represent the constituents, not force the constituents to fit into one of two camps. The whole system is backwards currently and the sooner we fix it, the better we'll all be for it.
What boggles my mind though is that three consecutive pollings on electoral reform have failed here in BC (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/electoral-reform-referendum-results-1.4954538). You'd think people would like to get rid of FPTP but apparently they consistently vote in favor of the status quo.
The ballot seemed like it was setup for failure although the turnout(42.2%) was also mediocre as usual.
It's certainly a bit leading in question 1 and doesn't explain the differences in question 2. I don't think it was outright intended to influence people's decisions, but it sure didn't help either.