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STV is the GOAT. It’s the perfect system for Canada. How amazing would it be for left-leaving people in rural BC to have a local MP representing them? A 5-seat riding in rural BC might go something like 2 seats NDP/Green, 2 seats Cons, 1 seat whatever the BC Liberals call themselves.
STV brings roughly proportional representation, while not fracturing things too much (20%+ of the vote needed to get a seat), keeps representatives responsible to the electorate not the party (no “safe” ridings since another candidate from your party can be chosen over the incumbent, and no party list in MMP), and keeps representation tied to a geographic region.
I’m so ready for Canada to move to STV. The regulatory lurch that comes from (the inevitably polarized) FPTP has been terrible for Canada.
For those wanting to understand the single transferable vote more.
https://www.fairvote.ca/stv/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI&t=
STV is the GOAT. It’s the perfect system for Canada. How amazing would it be for left-leaving people in rural BC to have a local MP representing them? A 5-seat riding in rural BC might go something like 2 seats NDP/Green, 2 seats Cons, 1 seat whatever the BC Liberals call themselves.
STV brings roughly proportional representation, while not fracturing things too much (20%+ of the vote needed to get a seat), keeps representatives responsible to the electorate not the party (no “safe” ridings since another candidate from your party can be chosen over the incumbent, and no party list in MMP), and keeps representation tied to a geographic region.
I’m so ready for Canada to move to STV. The regulatory lurch that comes from (the inevitably polarized) FPTP has been terrible for Canada.