Having trouble rapping your head around exactly how MMP would work in Ontario? Watch this short animation.
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If I were Frank De Jong, I wouldn't bother taking my chances trying to convince the people of any one riding to elect me. I'd just take first dibs on the first of whatever seats the Greens managed to cobble together from the percentage won province wide. No need to win the hearts and minds of any particular community, and no constituency to answer to should I drop the ball! Heck, all the party leaders and inner circle bigwigs ought to find this a tempting prospect. Leave the fighting to the little people!
posted by Patr on 23 September 2007 at 9:14 PM
At last, a clear explanation
I have read several other explanatory articles in the past few days, but none of them made clear how the list seats are assigned. I mistakenly thought that the number of list seats assigned to each party would be proportional to the number of list votes for each party.That's not true. The list seats are shared out in such a way that the TOTAL number of riding seats and list seats are proportional to the number of list votes.
posted by BlairMartin on 16 September 2007 at 9:02 AM
The Agenda with Steve Paikin Allan Gregg in Conversation Big Ideas
Think Again
Does this mean?
I like the idea of MMP. People who vote for a party in a riding where another party always gets the seat, will have a voice in parliament.I do however have a question. Is this proportional representation very likely to result in a string of minority governments? If so, I will that cause problems as is often the case, with minority governments?
posted by Soledad on 26 September 2007 at 4:02 PM