Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.caM to Fairvote Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoB.C. has tried and failed to change its voting system. Could another referendum be on?www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkB.C. has tried and failed to change its voting system. Could another referendum be on?www.cbc.caSunshine (she/her)@piefed.caM to Fairvote Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@piefed.caOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThe wealthy and powerful do not want the everyday folks to have a government that actually represents them. Instead they want to force down phoney majority governments.
minus-squarejaselle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoI would find this more plausible to believe if the NDP didn’t presently hold a majority government in BC.
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@piefed.caOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThe NDP did not win a majority of the vote share, they only won 47.69% of the vote. First-past-the-post distorts the representation of the people, block voting is even worse at this.
The wealthy and powerful do not want the everyday folks to have a government that actually represents them. Instead they want to force down phoney majority governments.
I would find this more plausible to believe if the NDP didn’t presently hold a majority government in BC.
The NDP did not win a majority of the vote share, they only won 47.69% of the vote.
First-past-the-post distorts the representation of the people, block voting is even worse at this.