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David Cameron on PR: analysis

Statbox wrote 1 day ago: On the back of Gordon Brown’s decision to make David Cameron look like defender of an inherent … more →

Tags: Election Statistics, Voting Statistics, Alternative Vote Plus, conservative party, David Cameron, Guardian, Labour Party, liberal democrats, Lisbon Treaty

Electoral reform: a recent history

Statbox wrote 2 days ago: You don’t want to keep a system as diabolically disproportional as the current British system. … more →

Tags: Voting Statistics, Election Statistics, Guardian, Politics, BNP, David Cameron, conservative party, Labour Party, liberal democrats

EU Elections 2009, North West England [I]: how proportional is proportional?

Statbox wrote 3 days ago: n.b. This post features formulas and quotients. The meat occurs after the jump… No FPTP electi … more →

Tags: Voting Statistics, Election Statistics, Politics, european elections 2009, North West England, d'hondt, Sainte-Lague

Veteran human rights campaigner calls for same-sex marriage in Scotland2 comments

oliverfarrimond wrote 2 weeks ago: By Oliver Farrimond VETERAN human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has called on Alex Salmond and th … more →

Tags: 1, Edinburgh, News, Scotland, Deadline Press & Picture Agency, deadline, Edinburgh News, holyrood, Alex Salmond

Building the resistance: reflections on the LRC conference

Gareth Hughes wrote 2 weeks ago: Labour Representation Committee banner Yesterday, I attended my very first conference as a member of … more →

Tags: Socialism, Afghanistan, Campaign Against Climate Change, Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance, climate change, communism, Comrade, CWU, decriminalisation of prostitution

BNP - 'thinking' point III - Yorkshire and the Humber

Statbox wrote 2 weeks ago: n.b. – for the big details on this, like background on the EU electoral format, it’ll pe … more →

Tags: Election Statistics, Voting Statistics, BNP, Bradford, d'hondt, european elections 2009, leeds, Politics, Sainte-Lague

Get our own house in order first – by David Weber

David wrote 4 weeks ago: “The EU is undemocratic”, “The EU is anti-democratic”, “We have our li … more →

Tags: Europe, Foreign Affairs, Home Affairs, Conservatives, democracy, EU, european union, Eurosceptics, Lisbon Treaty

You thought I was crazy? Another Strategic Proposal for NDP-Libs5 comments

Mark Crowley wrote 1 month ago: Well, my last post suggesting that the Green Party strike a strategic deal with other parties to get … more →

Tags: Politics, canadian election 2009, Coalition, election, Electoral Reform, FairVote, Liberal, NDP, strategic voting

Eletoral Reform Lebanon

deensharp wrote 1 month ago: I have just finished a piece for the think tank the Foreign Policy Centre on electoral reform in Leb … more →

Tags: lebanon electoral reform, Senate

BNP - 'thinking' point2 comments

Statbox wrote 1 month ago: Consider the following statements: 1) “Over/around 1 million people voted for the BNP, and the … more →

Tags: Voting Statistics, Election Statistics, Politics, BNP, european elections 2009

Could a vote for the BNP be a good thing?2 comments

David wrote 1 month ago: For the avoidance of doubt, I am not a BNP supporter. I despise their racism, xenophobia and Islamop … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, BBC, Britain, British National Party [BNP], British Parliament, conservative party, Constitutional Convention, Constitutional Reform, David Cameron

Question Time, über alles - but who are the real fascists?

dirtybomber wrote 1 month ago: From The Times Well, despite the insane fears of the doom-sayers re: the appearance of Nick Griffin, … more →

Tags: BNP, Question Time, Freedom of speach, imigration

Tories lift off towards a false majority, is this Democracy?5 comments

Mark Crowley wrote 1 month ago: Here’s what counts for a majority in Canada: According to EKOS, the Tories now enjoy 40.7 per … more →

Tags: Politics, canadian election 2009, Conservative, elec, election, Electoral Reform, Harper, ignatieff, Liberal

Electoral Reform - A Feminist Issue

maryhoneyballmep wrote 2 months ago: I have had a flurry of emails from fellow electoral reformers debating how to respond to Gordon Brow … more →

Tags: Labour Party, gordon brown, ALTERNATIVE VOTE SYSTEM, Electoral Reform, Nancy Platts, cath arakelian, Pankhursts, suffragettes, First Past The Post

This is why liberal Canada has a conservative Prime Minister.1 comment

Restructure! wrote 2 months ago: Only 36% of Canadians would vote for the Conservative Party if a federal election was held the next … more →

Tags: Graphs, visualizations, Bloc québécois, Canada, Conservative, democracy, election, Electoral Reform, Electoral Reform Canada

American Government Class

ladyrebecca wrote 2 months ago: For American Government, I had to write a comment about our two-party system. This was what I wrote: … more →

Tags: Political, Anecdotal, educational, Government, Voting, smdp, democracy

Labour Party Conference

Martin wrote 2 months ago: Tony Blair Our dear old friends in the Labour Party are about to begin their annual conference, bles … more →

Tags: Politics, SNP, Labour, Tony Blair, gordon brown, New Labour, Conference, scottish independence, Lib Dems

MR, DR and PR7 comments

David wrote 2 months ago: For the first time in a while I have decided to not just begin, but finish a note about voting syste … more →

Tags: liberal democrats, representation, Voting Systems, Electoral Reform, Single Transferable Vote, direct representation, Moderate Representation, Political party, Individual

Why Canadians Don't Vote4 comments

Mark Crowley wrote 2 months ago: How are we going to get more people to vote? What does democracy mean if less than 50% of the popula … more →

Tags: Politics, canadian election 2009, Coalition, election, Electoral Reform, Green, Liberal, Parliament, strategic voting


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