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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I think the point was just that under our Westminster system whoever gets the most votes doesn’t necessarily get to form government. It isn’t common for a party to get fewer votes and win more seats but it does happen sometimes. I don’t think it’s a good thing in general as it can reflect an imbalance in the democratic power of certain geographic voting blocs. In the US the issue arises from the over representation of rural areas as a result of the electoral college. The causes are different in Canada but it’s a similar principle.
With that said I think if Biden wins by 10 points he wins the electoral college in a landslide. If he is really up 10 points then even Georgia and Texas might be on the table. The problem arises where he is up by around 2%, which is what happened with Clinton in 2016.
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I might be in the minority, but I don't think popular vote is all that important as long as the discrepancy isn't totally off the mark. We all talk about Hillary winning the popular vote, but it was close enough in a country with 350 million people, that it is pretty insignificant IMO.
In a country like Canada in particular where some ridings and districts are massive and sparsely populated, there comes a point that you need to draw the line and admit that some groups of people need their own representation in parliament even if their population is lower. Unless a country is small and homogeneous, majority rules is a bad idea.