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In response to "Not for nothing, but if Canada had proportional representation, we'd have a lot more Bernier-parties getting a handful of seats. " by Name Withheld by Request

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

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Aug 23 '18, 18:31

the lower house.

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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

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