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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
That last part of your comment is, of course, unnecessary silly pablum on your part.
It would stand to reason that with the densification of cities, the clear demographic shift to urban living and a growing population, the current election method is becoming outdated. The problem is that every riding has a representative that represents X number of people. However, if a riding is strongly leaning in one political direction, then all the votes that matter are the ones needed to get "first past the post". The rest of them don't matter.
We need a version of proportional representation that actually makes every vote count, and the Legislature/Parliament should reflect that.
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Is it really that great of a disparity? The UCP holds 56% of seats and received 52.6% of the popular vote. So its a 3.4% difference?
I get that lesser salve lake and Central Peace-Notley have a much smaller voting population than any other riding. but Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul have many more than most Calgary Edmonton ridings. Hell 2/5 smallest populations per seat are in Calagry.
8/19 riding with over 50,000 constituents are rural 9/19 if you want to count Red Deer.
Could it be better, maybe, but proportional representation would breed a very similar legislature in 2023.