2006-12-13 07:32:37 · 16 answers · asked by funnelweb 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Yes, I Would be more likely to vote for the party whom I want in power but only if there was proportional representation.
2006-12-21 02:37:05 · answer #1 · answered by King of the Net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Proportional Representation or PR is not a voting system which would easily suit the people of Britain. We prefer the first past the post, winner takes all, system we have at present.
PR is the very method used to secure victory for both Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini - thus electing the fascists to power.
PR will let the BNP take power.
2006-12-19 23:54:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe not. I voted Democrat in the last election because my district had a Democrat and a Republican. Proportional representation is a family of many types of systems like party list voting and Single Transferable Vote. The type of PR system that can likely work in the USA would be a type of mixed system like in Germany but with a say 75%/25% or 67%/33% ratio between single member district seats and party seats. With any type of PR, I would be able to vote for a Libertarian or Green candidate in any election but would vote Democrat as well whenever I feel like. Michigan has a type of mixed system like Germany but I don't know if it's still working. Keep your eye out, with this year's results that showed Davis,CA and Minneapolis,MN passed a measure for using the Single Transferable Vote in local elections. We just have to unite and focus on giving our own voters a system where they can be represented better. Thanks for your time!
2006-12-16 13:52:03 · answer #3 · answered by derekgorman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would depend on a whole host of possible scenarios.
Proportional representation is unlikely to get ANY party in power.
It would, however, make it worthwhile voting for a party that is unlikely to gain representation in a first past the post system.
Then they may get influence, if not direct power. (As green politics have influenced all the major parties without ONE green MP)
Multi-member constituencies, or an additional list system, probably give the best of both worlds.
often a proportional representation system ensures that NOBODY gets what they would really prefer.
2006-12-13 07:53:07 · answer #4 · answered by alan h 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Depending on what system of Proportional Representation is used, you can end up with the person who is most people's second choice, rather than first choice, being elected.
The first-past-the-post system that we currently have, whilst not being perfect, works better than every other system.
And I would always vote my conscience - i.e. for the party that I want in power, even if I didn't think they stood a chance of winning; for if enough people did that, there is a chance that your party could then be successful.
2006-12-13 08:18:47 · answer #5 · answered by Timothy M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most certainly not, and in my opinion PR doesn't work. For starters, it leads to the very likely scenario of a coallition government, such as we have here in Scotland. Nobody voted for a Labour/Lib Dem coallition, that option wasn't on the ballot, but yet we have one. The Liberals have colossal influence in Scotland, pushing through bills such as the free bus passes for the elderly (not that that particular example is a bad bill.) The point is, more people in Scotland voted Conservative, and by extention, Conservative policy, than Lib Dem in the last election, but yet the liberals weild vastly more power in Holyrood. If anything, I'd say our current setup here was DISproportional representation.
2006-12-13 08:17:05 · answer #6 · answered by stu9ba 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not at all. Not matter what we do, vote the same thing time after time gets career politicians who begin to work with each other when they should be working for the people.
Term limits on all is the only correction for the will of the people. If not, it's the same story, same thing, same graft, and still, two parties.
2006-12-13 07:37:39 · answer #7 · answered by ggraves1724 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I almost always vote for the party I want in power. Very few people of the other party embrace my values.
2006-12-13 07:40:39 · answer #8 · answered by Earth Queen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes definitely - as it is now, I vote for the person/party who is most likely to beat the person/party I don't want, regardless of whether I agree with most of their policies. It's choosing the best of a bad bunch sometimes, whereas under PR, your vote for who you want actually counts!!
2006-12-13 07:38:34 · answer #9 · answered by xaulleo 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Less so, if anything, as PR means you could end up voting in a party you do not want to see in power!
2006-12-13 07:40:02 · answer #10 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋