Extremists can rise anywhere. In Australia, the far right One Nation is closing in on Official Opposition under a winner take all system.
6mon 16d ago by piefed.ca/u/Sunshine in fairvote@lemmy.ca from media.piefed.ca
The danger is that these systems can turn that rise into a one party majority if support keeps growing.
Proportional representation keeps power proportional.
As a Canadian, the orange hits much differently.
Australia doesn’t have a winner take all system though.
That is misinformation as the lower house uses the alternative vote ie instant-runoff ranked ballots. Preferential voting is not single transferable. Stop intentionally confusing people.
majority-preferential instant-runoff voting in single-member seats
It is a winner take all system for the lower house.
Your quotation literally proved my point. It’s the Australian higher house that has the single transferable vote which is the proportional system.