I agree with Sam.

MrK you aren't accounting for the fact that the parties themselves radically change. If they don't then a new party comes and takes it's place.

k, so we need to settle this before this thread hits 50 posts imo:

deadcode highjacked this thread perfectly at say post #1

so if this ever reaches 101, THAT is post #100 and dead get his 100 thread right?

:P

dead gets*

(one closer to 101st!)

Also, Mr K-
A many-party system often leaves the electorate with a president the majority didn't vote for. The current president of the Philippines earned 42% of the popular vote among 9 candidates (7 different parties plus two independents).
Even with multiple tiers, the system is flawed. First round in the 2007 french presidential election, Sarkozy earned 31.18% of the votes. Second round he earned a majority, but in REALITY 68.72% of the population wanted somebody else to be president. How is this any better?

well, because, then they all got to vote on who they wanted in the first round, while the second round was about the lesser of two evils.

it is better to have a first round, because that eliminate alot of stratigic voting, if there is only one round.

no system should let a person be elected when the majority of the electorate prefer any candidate to the winner (i.e puts him on the bottom of the list), which cannot be said about the sarcosi election.


the parlamentary system is not about electing one person for the leadership, but about electing a party, or a coalition of parties with similar goals, they will rule as long as they have a majority, and even tho non of the parties might have a singular majority, the smaller voices are being heard, because the party will then be a part of the coalition.

there are problems with a paramentary system to, but votes being wasted, because they are in effect not cunted, is not one of them

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_system


bottom here has a list of criterions for a good system

This is awesome, I might get my first 100 post just by saying nothing.

Weiner ftw!

just thinking about Bush and Gore makes me want to Ralph

I lold

What about kakku? You guys should make me a mod, so I can help out!