Moderates would rather lose to fascists than compromise with leftists and progressives.

  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Yeah but FPTP is used for parliament in those countries, which means the party that chooses the president is elected via it.

    Ranked Choice, STV, or Mixed Member Proportional Ranking are much better systems. I wish more countries used it.

    • FPTP is used for parliament in those countries

      No, it isn’t always. In Germany for example, you have two votes per state and federal election. One vote goes to a candidate in your district (fptp, yes) but the other vote is just for a party. The parties put up lists of candidates and parliament gets filled proportionally to the votes they got nationally or statewide.

      Now all these smaller parties could form a coalition to get the majority or just use their extensive array of minority opposition powers that the law grants them.