Israeli Election

[WMS]

IIRC the FPTP in Multi-Seat Districts used to pop in the U.S. as well, under the name "Elected At-Large". It was every bit as bad as you might expect, and is why Single-Member Districts were pushed so hard here - they were actually the better choice. I've read somewhere it was in the 1830s or 1840s that there was a huge debate in the U.S. Congress over this issue, with some of the same arguments I've read here.

[WMS]

I'll be watching this one with great interest - I've long felt Israel needed a strong centrist party.

[WMS]

I'll be watching this one with great interest - I've long felt Israel needed a strong centrist party.

Its so sad to see Shinui drop off - but I guess Kadima has redeemed their mission.

And Kadima is stronger than Shinui ever was.

If Shas passes Likud I'm going to laugh quite a bit.

[WMS]

Interesting election, and it went pretty much as I wanted it to. And instead of wondering what the results would've been under FPTP...how about under a German-level threshold of 5%?

[WMS]

Interesting election, and it went pretty much as I wanted it to. And instead of wondering what the results would've been under FPTP...how about under a German-level threshold of 5%?

Wait a sec...
all I can tell you without looking (since I've checked that already) is that under Hare-Niemeyer, Kadima, Avoda and Likud would have a seat less each, and Gil, United Arab List and Hadash one seat more.

Frankly, I can't imagine a 5% threshold getting passed in Israel - I can't imagine an Israeli government trying to force the Ashkenazi Haredim out of parliament. (they took around 4.5 IIRC)

Thanks for the analysis.

And I have long compared the Druze and the Mormons to each other...so BRTD is pretty much correct on that one.