Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.caM to Fairvote Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 15 days agoB.C. has tried and failed to change its voting system. Could another referendum be on?www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10 cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
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 · 15 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@piefed.caOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 days 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-down2·13 days 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-up4·13 days 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.