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[–] marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

Because if you vote for Party A and x number of people vote for party A, Party A gets x number of seats. You have a parliamentary system. Seats are awarded based on the percentage of votes. You vote for Party B Party A gets fewer seats, you are awarding mediocrity. If Party A and B are actually similar, then they will form a coalition and simply out number Party C making Party C unable to do anything.

You do not have a two party system. You have a Parliamentary system. You do not have a winner take all zero sum system, you have a parliamentary system.

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[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 0 points 4 months ago

Ahahaha. Thank you.

Yes, we do have a parliamentary system. No, seats are not awarded based on % of the vote. That's literally what I've been trying to tell you.

We do not have any form of proportional representation. We do not award any seats based on vote totals or %. We have a representative elected for each riding decided on first past the post basis.

That means in every riding there is 1 winner whether there are 2 parties or 15 parties running for that seat, and if you live in that riding and vote based on your feelings instead of strategically, you split the vote.

In any individual riding if the Tories win 35%, liberals 34%, NDP, 31% the Tories win that riding and have 1 seat in parliament. The liberals and NDP get nothing.

This repeats over every riding in the country and you get a house that's 100% Tory despite winning barely more than a third of the vote while libs and new Dems account for 2/3ds.

Are you finally ready to admit that you have no fucking idea how Canada works

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