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In response to "Things is happenin' in Australia -- (link)" by Reagen

Australian politics seems fun. -- nm

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Aug 23 '18, 17:24

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Bernier's giving it a go, but it's clearly the AAA league. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 17:31
depends how fond of knifing people you are. -- nm - mafic Aug 23, 17:25 16
- That's not a knife... that's a spoon! -- nm - Ender Aug 23, 19:49
- too personal for you? -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 17:31 14
  - I'm a little tired of the rotating cast of PMs. This happens about every 2 years. Nobody's lasted a full term since I got here. -- nm - mafic Aug 23, 17:38 13
    - Not for nothing, but if Canada had proportional representation, we'd have a lot more Bernier-parties getting a handful of seats. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 23, 18:01 9
      - Australia doesn't have proportional voting, it has first preference or alternative voting. It's very hard for minority parties to get a foothold in - Roger More Aug 23, 18:31 3
        
        oh right. it's the structure of the Senate that leads to the small parties. I don't vote here, I always forget the specifics. it works though. -- nm - mafic Aug 23, 18:35 2
        
        And that only came happened recently, once single issue parties figured out how to game the preference system - Roger More Aug 23, 18:44
        
        (I'll say better than FPTP at any rate) -- nm - mafic Aug 23, 18:35
      - I generally favor MMP or ranked ballot. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 18:29
      - I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. forces more government by consensus, or constant elections. - mafic Aug 23, 18:04 3
        
        Canada's too diverse a country politically, geographically, linguistically and racially for prop rep. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 23, 18:09 2
        
        But ideally a politically, geographically, linguistically and racially diverse country that is also a representative democracy should have - Roger More Aug 23, 18:52
        
        honestly I think FPTP drives a lot of polarisation. if you know you can get a majority with 35% of the vote, you don't need a bigger tent. - mafic Aug 23, 18:29
    - I think we'll see more of it until the parties realign around some other axis, like open vs closed. -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 17:41 2
      - sausage vs shrimp -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 17:49 1
        
        No, the answer to that is "why not both?". -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 18:37

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