Why I'm in favour of Proportional Representation

[andrewducker]

According to the BBC, the current polls show Lib Dems on 33%, Conservatives on 32%, Labour on 26%.
Which would give a seat allocation of Conservatives: 246, Labour 241, Lib Dems: 134.
Or, in a more easily digestible table format:

Party	Percentage	Seats
Lib Dems	33%	134
Conservatives	32%	246
Labour	26%	241

It should be pretty fucking obvious that this is an electoral system that is fucked in the head.

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Re: for the slow american in the room

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I remember having a similar disconnect looking at dutch politics: despite a broad range of parties, some left, some right, some that sound nice to me, some that don't, ALL the major parties (with a few exceptions) from the socialist party, the central christian democratic alliance, the major left, middle and right parties, to the extreme right-wing anti-immigration party, have socially liberal leanings, and are in favour of gay rights, etc (or at least of not rolling them back!)