@opendna@holly@researchfairy And in Sweden the far-right racist party was entirely impossible to collaborate for all the parties until the right realised they would never again see power without their support.
@holly@pettter@researchfairy A multi-party parliamentary government elected by proportional representation has been in the news recently. The ruling party has less than 27% of the seats and 10 coalition partner parties.
@pettter@researchfairy These are not specifically problems with democrats, but problems with a two-party system. It’s impossible to hold either party in a two-party system to account (what are you going to do, vote for the other side?!). It’s inherently undemocratic and allows horrible policies to persist on both sides. And it’s nearly impossible to expand the number of parties once your system has devolved to this state.
@FrenchPanda@holly@pettter if the winner only has 27%, they must get serious about catering to the constituency that voted for the candidate that got 18%, as well as those in the 8% and 7% groups that will coalesce around a future challenger.
It's not about a single election. It's about how politicians regard the most authentic polls - anonymous voting in elections - if people exercise options to better express their will.