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[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

More like shitty electoral system that facilitates the choice of a lesser evil instead of the choice for the best candidate.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds like the United States.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They have proportional representation and a ton of parties. It's a completely different kind of suck. Although I guess they also are presidential.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago

Definitely less worse but still shitty indeed

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

So what would be a good system? FPTP also sucks, or at least does for local minority voters like me, or if both parties become weak for whatever reason like in the US.

[–] sovietsnake@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Democratic centralism.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe ranked choice voting, coupled with a parliamentary system instead of a presidential one ? I don't think there is a perfect system but it would probably move things around in a better direction.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

That's what the Australia does. Also note that says nothing about proportionality either way.