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Are you going to vote Yes or No to the referendum?
Not a clue mate, why do we want a voting system that the rest of the world has rejected. Leave it as it is I say.
I'd say go for it: people will be able to give some of their support to the parties they actually want to see win, instead of being forced just to keep other parties out.
Personal belief no? Every party, regardless of their beliefs, is entitled to representation. FPTP, in a multi-party system (and by multi, I mean more than two), just doesn't work. Let me give you an example. In the 2008 general election here in Canada, one party got 1.3 million votes and that secured them 49 seats in the Commons. Another party got 900,000 and got zero seats. A third party got 2.5 million and secured only 37 seats. The math just doesn't work when you have three or more parties.But that sounds good until you realise alot of these other parties are not all they are cracked up to be (BNP, "crazy loony party, or whatever its called)