Or maybe some of us don’t look at democracy from the perspective of a spreadsheet and understand power dynamics are more relevant.
Proportional representation gives too much power to political parties (the parties own the seats instead of representatives of communites) and results in backroom deals to form coalitions which can result in zero representation for minority groups.
See Israel for example. Right wing party has to keep far right crazies on their side to maintain power. Hooray for proportional representation!
The reality is a Community Representation system is the one that’s too difficult for the peasants to understand. Which is why some people want bad systems like Proportional Representation.
Or maybe some of us don’t look at democracy from the perspective of a spreadsheet and understand power dynamics are more relevant.
Proportional representation gives too much power to political parties (the parties own the seats instead of representatives of communites) and results in backroom deals to form coalitions which can result in zero representation for minority groups.
See Israel for example. Right wing party has to keep far right crazies on their side to maintain power. Hooray for proportional representation!
The reality is a Community Representation system is the one that’s too difficult for the peasants to understand. Which is why some people want bad systems like Proportional Representation.