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when will be your last time to vote for the "lesser of two evils"? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by penquin@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When will be your "this is the last fucking time I'm voting for the 'lesser of two evils', then I don't care after that, let this country burn to the ground"? For me, this is basically it. This is last election I'm going for that " lesser of two evils" bullshit. After that I'm done. It's just pointless. Let's hear it.

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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Any reasonable electoral system will consistently elect people who represent something close to the average will of all the voters. Sounds like the system is working correctly.

[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm not complaining. I like the system.

But it is a quirk that there have been times when almost half the voters voted for either left or centre left, almost half the voters voted for right or centre right, and then we wait around for weeks while Winston (who only got 6% or whatever) decides which half should get to govern.

Same principle as swing states I guess. It's just amusing that it's always the same specific person, especially given his personality.

The great thing about MMP is the proportionality often has a moderating effect. It annoys me when the left are in power (Winston won't let the Green Party get their way on some things) but it feels like a saving grace when the right wing are in power (Winston will also not let the neoliberal libertarians get their way on some things). So it's working as intended.