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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well, many democracies do not vote for their president directly – parliament elects one. They are usually from the strongest party, although if enough smaller parties can get a majority, they can elect the president.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but FPTP is used for parliament in those countries, which means the party that chooses the president is elected via it.

Ranked Choice, STV, or Mixed Member Proportional Ranking are much better systems. I wish more countries used it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

FPTP is used for parliament in those countries

No, it isn't always. In Germany for example, you have two votes per state and federal election. One vote goes to a candidate in your district (fptp, yes) but the other vote is just for a party. The parties put up lists of candidates and parliament gets filled proportionally to the votes they got nationally or statewide.

Now all these smaller parties could form a coalition to get the majority or just use their extensive array of minority opposition powers that the law grants them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That's called MMPR and I wasn't aware Germany did that. That's a great way to ensure equal representation.