Phil Tank: Trudeau may now regret his broken electoral reform promise (thestarphoenix.com)

submitted 2 years ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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The plummeting poll numbers for Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberals might not seem as dire if Canada had adopted a new voting system.

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[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Most governments have formed with a minority for the past couple of decades. It's already the reality.

But you're right that they wouldn't want to formalize it.

[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's a difference between "formed with a minority" and "no chance at a majority ever again".

The LPC (and CPC) are quite happy with the current system. The LPC would accept AFV or ranked-ballot, but only because they're everyone's second choice, where the Conservatives are the first choice of ~35% of the population, but almost no one's second.