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« on: February 15, 2012, 03:29:27 AM »

I've always thought the PR system is counterproductive because it doesn't allow for politicians to be directly accountable to the voters, but instead to party members and lists. Also it give enormous clout to fringe groups on the right and left unless you have an incredibly high threshold for seat allocation like in Spain for instance. MMP or STV seems like the best solution to FPTP's problems of being "undemocratic" but that's just my two cents.
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