Here's a thought: everyone is arguing about which is better: AV, AV+, FPTP or STV. Or at least, lefties are - clearly STV is best! - but instead of gambling five years of potentially ruinous governance on a proposition with no local evidence, why don't we run some trials, eh? Take ten random constituencies and have them vote AV, another ten, AV+, another ten STV. See what happens. Take some time, get some evidence.
Is that really such a crazy idea?
2 comments:
Yes, can we have AV/FPTP where we are winning and PR of some sort where we are behind.
But seriously what would the results prove? We know that PR is PR already.
I think it would help prove to the electorate that electoral reform can be beneficial to them, since STV should produce more accountable, higher-quality politicians.
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