• cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    My riding and all the ones around me are an NDP fortress and it would be a shame to lose that to the Liberals because they’ve been “merged”. In my opinion, the problem is not vote-splitting, which is a healthy way of actually, you know, “representing” our diverse views, the problem is that so many of the ridings have been resized to include just enough of the wealthy, suburban and rural conservative vote to make it require almost perfect strategic voting to defeat them.

    That said, I would absolutely welcome, celebrate, and advocate for proportional representation or at least instant runoff. FPTP is thoroughly obsolete and has no place in a modern stable democracy.

    • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      The alternative vote aka instant runoff is not a solution. Look at Australia today with an entrenched 2-party that fails to meet the needs of the people with the same aggressive politics and lacklustre action on climate change.

      If you want things to change for the better please support the two front runner proportional representation systems such as the single transferable vote and mixed-member proportional so we can have more small parties/independents win seats, more women/minorities represented in our government, better government performance on important issues and more accountability.

    • AlolanVulpix@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Overall, I agree.

      However, I wouldn’t repeat the sentiment that instant runoff voting (IRV) will potentially solve our problems in the long run.

      Both IRV and FPTP are winner-take-all, therefore meaning there will still be too many votes that don’t elect anybody at all.

      With single transferable vote (STV), you can have both ranked ballot and proportional representation!

      In the long run, the only viable solution is proportional representation: !fairvote@lemmy.ca