The Case for PR

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PR stands for Proportional Representation. It means populating the government with MPs according to popular vote, rather than our current First Past The Post system. There are many different types of PR, and I don't claim to know which one is best. But I know it's gotta be better than this chart I made:

Comments

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I think one of the downsides is that a proportionally elected MP is not accountable to anyone but his/her party. I'm not that worried about this, however you could have parties choosing who will be represented, even though this individual might not have popular support.

Alternatively, I think it'd be cool to look at widening constituencies and running about 7 seats per constituency (the Swedish way). You'd rank the individuals and their parties and then a not-so-complex formula would be used to determine who gets how many seats. This system isn't purely proportional, but it's a nice mix of majoritarian and proportional. As long as you got approx 10% of any vote in a riding, you'd be represented. This system might not let very small parties in, however it would let some parties such as the Greens get some seats in ridings where they are more popular. It would also work out to be way more proportional than Jack's plan.