tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post9119905304977103692..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: MMP?Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-87626393904025930692008-05-20T16:20:00.000+12:002008-05-20T16:20:00.000+12:00I agree with Crampton. Some voting systems are bet...I agree with Crampton. Some voting systems are better than others.<BR/><BR/>Besides, in a libertarian country, political parties would have little basis for existence, as there would be no room for parties advocating destructive socialistic and authoritarian policies, (if such a party got into power, they would be impotent). For this reason MMP would be rendered obsolete.<BR/><BR/>I myself support a system of mixed FPP and sortition (random choosing).<BR/><BR/>Of course, as you have said Peter, the only purpose of government is the protection of citizens from foreign goverments, and each other. The only purpose of legislative government is to decide how this protection is to be implemented.<BR/><BR/>At the very least, voting systems make interesting math.<BR/><BR/>HansoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-31828841147475762962008-05-19T11:31:00.000+12:002008-05-19T11:31:00.000+12:00The best evidence suggests that the electoral syst...The best evidence suggests that the electoral system does matter. I'm not saying that we don't need more constraints on government: far from it. But the electoral system still matters. Persson and Tabellini find that PR-type systems have, on average, governments that are 5 percentage points bigger than those running FPTP. <BR/><BR/>I suppose you could make one of those "the worse the better" kinds of arguments for keeping the type of electoral system that tends to produce the biggest and most wasteful governments, in the hope that it makes things bad enough that we have to engage in substantial reform. I'd still be very happy to see us switch away from MMP back to FPTP or some system that substantially reduces the bargaining power of small parties.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.com