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Thread #137224   Message #3138882
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
20-Apr-11 - 07:55 AM
Thread Name: BS: Any thoughts on AV? (Alternative Vote)
Subject: RE: BS: Any thoughts on AV?
I too would like to remind that most people probably will still vote for the two big parties,

That's not a reminder, it's a prediction. How people vote once an alternative vote system is in place is guesswork, especially over any length of time. In fact I'd probably i8jn some elections rank the candidate I actually voted for third or fourth in terms of my preferance.

Effectively I have been driven to vote against the party I dislike, rather than for the party I prefer. Even so that candidate got in, without a majority of the vote. That's the "democracy" that the naysayers want to hold on to...