danm Schreef:
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> All is well and good on that front, but I think,
> especially the Lib Dem people, are putting too
> much emphasis and proclaim that a reform on the
> system will change everything.
>
> I agree, it needs reforming. But it doesn't change
> things significantly.
>
> BUT as it stands, the top three, based on singular
> votes alone, the top three still stand the same.
> The Torys were more popular.
>
> So new system or old, the Torys got the most
> votes.
>
> I think it is a joke how this will be the second
> election where Brown wasn't wan't and yet STILL
> gets to take some sort of major leading role.
52 Or roughly 150 seats is quite significant. Yes, tories are the biggest, but running a country isn't just about the party which is most populair, they only got 36% of the votes, thats abit more then 1/3rd of all who voted. That way you could also get a majority while you don't even have 50% of the votes, and that's just wrong, a democracy is about what the majority of the people wants, not 36%, 40% or 45%, but atleast 50,1%.
The best system still is amount of people who voted / amount of seats, that way if you get roughly 20% of the votes, you get roughly 20% of the seats and 20% of the power. Then you need to have the majority of the seats to go and govern the country, and with that also the majority of the votes.