User:RodCrosby/QPR2: Difference between revisions

Note that Buhagiar was considering seat allocations to achieve the closest overall proportional result in Malta. PR squared does not have that constraint and indeed, by the nature of the system, the largest and smallest parties are significantly over and under represented respectively. It seems fairer that most of such anomalies should fall on the largest parties, which already benefit hugely from the system by virtue of their seat bonuses.

Such anomalies are hardly any more unfair than those which currently pass without comment under FPTP.

e.g.

* the Liberal Democrats winning most votes across the city of Oxford in 2010, but winning '''''neither''''' of its two parliamentary seats.

* the common scenario where candidate X loses a seat with, say, 47%, while candidate Y wins one with only 30%.