At 13:27 11/04/2011 +0100, Christian Hennig wrote:
>Well, if people don't vote according to their true wishes, they shouldn't
>complain if they don't get what they want. That's democracy.
True, but I don't think that's really the situation I was contemplating. I
was talking about a situation in which people were exploiting the existence
of an AV system, with their 'true wish' being that their first vote would
be a gesture 'to make a point' and their second-choice vote being the for
the candidate they actually wanted to win.
>Regarding single constituencies, if this brings four "local issue"
>candidates or so into parliament, this won't hurt too much, as far as I see it.
No, not per se - but, as above, it might not be what the people who gave
their first votes to these candidates really intended or 'wished'.
Kind Regards,
John
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