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Originally Posted by Slava
Why is preferential voting bad for one party in particular? Could it be that they've poisoned themselves so badly that they won't be those voters second choice? If so, they've created their own problem there. I don't see how a voting system favours any party though.
I have come around a lot on the quotas personally. Being male I just think we don't appreciate the difficulty and discrimination that women feel. Its pretty easy as a white male to look and say "we don't need these things to even it out" but then we do continually see less representation by women and these minority groups.
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I think it would generally benefit the Liberals because they are the middle party. So NDP supporters and Conservative supporters would have the Liberals as their second choice.
In a similar vein, a proportional representation system would somewhat favour the Liberal Party, again as the middle ground. They would never get majority governments again but would be able to sway policies to their liking by holding the key to each vote.
It is unfair to say that voting systems do not create winners and losers. Considering the current system drastically favours regional strongholds over national parties.