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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I'm wondering if the Wild Rose is now going to be more interested in proportional representation.
A 9% difference in the polls equated to a 40 seat difference in the legislature. On the other hand, the Wild Rose appears to have beaten the Liberals by 25%, but only have 13 more seats. Our current system produces odd results.
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I'm not sure why people want purely proportional representation. There are just as many if not more downsides to purely proportional representation as there are is to the existing first past the post system. One such problem is trying to figure out who actually represents you. If the Liberals for example, get 10% of the vote, but all the candidates brought into parliament are from Edmonton, and you voted for them in Lethbridge, are you actually any better represented?
I can see why a mixed member proportional representation may be a good thing, but I'm against a pure proportional representation. At least first past the post has a candidate that is supposed to represent the concerns and interests of the citizens of their riding (all of them, not just the ones that voted for them).