Comments on: Election Eve http://jeffaho.com/archives/election-eve/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:09:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Purvis http://jeffaho.com/archives/election-eve/comment-page-1/#comment-18248 Mike Purvis Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:47:39 +0000 http://jeffaho.com/archives/election-eve/#comment-18248 To me, those seem like pretty benign drawbacks, considering the advantage of having smaller party voices heard. I guess at the provincial level (moreso than federal), the "larger electoral districts" thing really is an issue, since the reps are supposed to be representing local interests. Nonetheless, there are plenty of province-wide interest groups that don't have the good fortune to be in close geographic proximity. To me, those seem like pretty benign drawbacks, considering the advantage of having smaller party voices heard.

I guess at the provincial level (moreso than federal), the “larger electoral districts” thing really is an issue, since the reps are supposed to be representing local interests. Nonetheless, there are plenty of province-wide interest groups that don’t have the good fortune to be in close geographic proximity.

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffaho.com/archives/election-eve/comment-page-1/#comment-18243 Jeff Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:31:15 +0000 http://jeffaho.com/archives/election-eve/#comment-18243 Some of the reasons are mentioned <a href="http://jeffaho.com/archives/tying-up/#comments" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Quickly: 1) I prefer candidates over parties. 2) Parties could stack lists with unelectable supporters or use for affirmative action. 3) Less local candidates, larger electoral districts. 4) More MPPs = more money, 22 more+staff, etc. 5) FPTP is simple and people understand it. Some of the reasons are mentioned here.

Quickly:
1) I prefer candidates over parties.
2) Parties could stack lists with unelectable supporters or use for affirmative action.
3) Less local candidates, larger electoral districts.
4) More MPPs = more money, 22 more+staff, etc.
5) FPTP is simple and people understand it.

]]> By: Mike Purvis http://jeffaho.com/archives/election-eve/comment-page-1/#comment-18242 Mike Purvis Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:24:10 +0000 http://jeffaho.com/archives/election-eve/#comment-18242 Why is it that you oppose MMP? I don't recall seeing an article explaining this position, and I would have thought you'd feel quite the opposite way. Why is it that you oppose MMP? I don’t recall seeing an article explaining this position, and I would have thought you’d feel quite the opposite way.

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