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==Advantages and disadvantages== |
==Advantages and disadvantages== |
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===Every vote counts equally=== |
===Every vote counts equally=== |
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Parties would be incentivized to seek votes from Land's End to John’O'Groats, not just in the marginals. Good Tory candidates with effective campaigns in Liverpool or Glasgow, even if not elected there, would be as crucial to the national outcome as good Labour candidates in Surrey. Parties would thereby reconnect with the voters. Ludicrously, in both 2005 and 2010, a majority of all voters found themselves represented by parties they did not vote for in their constituencies. Under PR-Squared in 2010, around three-quarters of voters would |
Parties would be incentivized to seek votes from Land's End to John’O'Groats, not just in the marginals. Good Tory candidates with effective campaigns in Liverpool or Glasgow, even if not elected there, would be as crucial to the national outcome as good Labour candidates in Surrey. Parties would thereby reconnect with the voters. Ludicrously, in both 2005 and 2010, a majority of all voters found themselves represented by parties they did not vote for in their constituencies. Under PR-Squared in 2010, around three-quarters of voters would have been represented by an MP from the party of their choice. |
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===Electoral bias is removed=== |
===Electoral bias is removed=== |
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