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LeftishBrit

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9. Both pure proportional representation and the total lack of it lead to unrepresentative governments

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 10, 2013, 04:50 PM

Nov 2013

Lack of PR in multi-party systems tends to give a party power disproportionate to the actual vote. At the moment, the UK has a mainly-Tory government, led by a Prime Minister with 36% of the vote. Thatcher, in her biggest 'landslides' ruled with near-absolute power and no more than 44% of the vote!

But the other extreme is dreadful as well, and Israel is a good example of why. Small and nasty parties can hold governments to ransom.

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