To show you how flawed FPTP is in Britain check out the percentage of votes the SDP/Liberal coalition (which went on to form the Lib Dems) received in the popular vote compared to the percentage they received in seats in the 1983 general election.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kin ... es_summary
Electoral college changes
Re: Electoral college changes
by The dane » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:13 pm
I'm all for this, but why stop at just presidential elections. House votes should also be proportional (state wide) rather than winner takes all (district by district), that way more than 2 ideologies could get represented in congress.
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Re: Electoral college changes
by The dane » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:28 pm
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Re: Electoral college changes
by OGPhilly » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:32 pm
Then what happens when one person gets 50% of the popular vote for a state with 20 congressional seats? One person gets 10 seats?
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Re: Electoral college changes
by The dane » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:38 pm
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