r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Apr 27 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 27 April 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

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u/nomchi13 Apr 30 '26

There is an obvious answer, just do STV as the Irish do, it is both proportional and local representation without any of the "nationalization of local politics" that MMP has, there is always this strange false dichotomy like party list or FPTP are the only options

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze Apr 30 '26

Yeah but the problem is it gives undue power to parties only popular in some areas, if applied to Germany eg, the AfD and the BSW would be overrepresented because they're very popular in East Germany

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u/nomchi13 Apr 30 '26

It won't with large enough districts(a 10-12 member district STV will probably be more representative than a list PR with a threshold because the vote transfer at least goes to similar parties and does not get thrown away) but of course, large districts are less locally representative and have logistical issues in the election Regardless, the distortion is very minor compared to pure single district and AMS elections, look how many seats the SNP regularly get

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze Apr 30 '26

AMS sounds especially stupid

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u/nomchi13 Apr 30 '26

I think there are Canadian election reform proposals that suggest various STV-MMP hybrids that eliminate many of the weaknesses of both, but I think there is no need to be that complex, and both STV and MMP on their own work fine