• @FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The left won a plurality, the right is in charge.

    This is the counterargument to those who want multiparty democracy.

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand
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      319 months ago

      If I had £1 for every time the right had a mysterious unfair advantage in a democratic system, I’d buy myself a politician

    • @cmder@lemmy.world
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      259 months ago

      Nah nothing to do with multiparty, the problem is with the fith republic of France giving too much power to the president.

    • @interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      Technically the left didn’t win the majority of seat in the parliament. They have a relative majority as in they are the biggest group in parliament by a small margin but they don’t have the majority needed to make a stable government.

      A majority vote from the parliament can oust the PM and his government.

      If you take all the right wing parties, they hold the majority of seats (2/3rd). A left leaning government would last 48 hours, so in spite of french leftists telling everyone they “won”, they didn’t.

      Our electoral system is very flawed though and the current make up of the parliament is not representative of what people want, there are much better voting system for plurality based political system that could be implemented.

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        19 months ago

        That’s my point. In a multiparty system, it’s rare for a party to win a majority. So someone can win even though the majority prefers a different person.

        For example, suppose there are three candidates A,B, and C. It’s possible for 60% to prefer A over B, 60% to prefer B over C, and 60% to prefer C over A. No matter who wins, a majority agrees that they are worse than another candidate.

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          9 months ago

          There are other voting system than first past the post like Condorcet, coda, etc… nothing is a absolutely perfect but some system will be closer.