I completely agree with your points about keeping our focus on electoral reform and maintaining a non-partisan approach. Our community is quite new, and still trying to figure out what it is (hence this thread).

You’ve hit on something fundamental - proportional representation isn’t a left/right issue, it’s a democratic fairness issue that benefits voters across the political spectrum.

You’re absolutely right that conservatives have just as much to gain from PR as progressives do. Under our current FPTP system, conservative voters in liberal-dominated ridings essentially have no voice in Parliament, and vice versa. PR would allow for a more natural evolution of our political landscape, potentially enabling:

• Conservative voters in urban areas to finally gain representation
• The conservative movement to diversify beyond a single big-tent party
• Issue-based coalitions that better reflect the actual views of voters
• More honest representation without strategic voting distortions

The mathematical case for PR is clear regardless of one’s ideology - when roughly 50% of ballots cast make absolutely no difference to the outcome of an election, we have a serious democratic deficit.

I’ve noticed the same trend you mentioned regarding content that doesn’t directly relate to electoral reform (relating to the newness of the forum). While there’s certainly room to discuss how various politicians approach democratic issues, we should be cautious about letting the community become an echo chamber or a place that feels unwelcoming to potential PR advocates from across the political spectrum.

Perhaps we could encourage more content that specifically demonstrates how PR would benefit conservative voters? I’d love to see analysis showing how many conservative votes were effectively “wasted” in the last election, or how PR would change representation patterns for conservatives in traditionally non-conservative regions.

See this draft content moderation policy, that I created specifically in response to your feedback!