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Old 04-24-2012, 05:51 AM   #462
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Originally Posted by photon View Post
So you kinda lose direct representation, the idea that person X will represent me well so I'll vote for them.. or person Y is crazy so I'll vote for someone else even though person Y is on the party I like...

It does dispense with the polite fiction of the direct representation though, people mostly vote for the party anyway, and votes are pretty much along party lines.

Interesting.
There are some 'hybird' PR models as well, if that is what you would call them, where you vote for the person in your riding and then the top vote winning % candidates for each party get in.
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