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What’s more chilling than Trump’s presidency? The fact that we use the same system that just handed him total control. First-past-the-post fuels a hyper-partisan two-party system. If we want to protect democracy in Canada, we need proportional representation. #cdnpoli

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40140681

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What’s more chilling than Trump’s presidency? The fact that we use the same system that just handed him total control.

First-past-the-post fuels a hyper-partisan two-party system.

If we want to protect democracy in Canada, we need proportional representation.

#cdnpoli

  • AlolanVulpix@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    Good idea but also a gross oversimplification.

    In a microblogging platform, there’s only so much content you can write. And even Lemmy’s post titles are limited to 200 characters.

    You can’t compare a parliamentary democracy with a presidential republic whatever the voting system.

    Of course the systems are different, however, the core of both Canada’s and the US’s electoral system is winner-take-all (e.g, FPTP).

    Read more about how Canada is trending towards a two party system.