My general feeling on the by election result

[andrewducker]

Reminder that any voting system where you can win a single seat without 50% of people thinking you're better than the alternatives is not fit for purpose.

Comments

[andrewducker]

Approval Voting seems to have some unfortunate strategic voting options.

But I agree that neither is good for whole chambers. For that AMS (like Scotland and New Zealand) or STV (like Scottish councils) work well. As do various methods used across Europe. Proportionality is clearly important.

Open List voting seems to work quite well in dealing with the issues with party lists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_list