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1. pas+(OP)[view] [source] 2016-07-27 10:09:09
It's a bit strange to think of representation only if your candidate wins. By that definition representatives (PMs, members of the house, house reps, whatever they're called) would stop being representative the moment someone loses against them. And there are a lot of contested electoral districts. (Sadly there are quite a few uncontested ones too.)

The quality of representation is a different matter. But yes, (representative) democracy is broken. Just as any collective policy making strategy that requires an expert majority.

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2. tormeh+R21[view] [source] 2016-07-27 19:08:22
>>pas+(OP)
The issue is that the representation in parliament is not proportional to the people. Proportional Repesentation solves this, at the cost of making politics more complex and mushy than just choosing between A and B. As a kid the spectacle of US elections (FPTP-ish) always fascinated me. Now I'm thankful for having a voting system that doesn't have a two-party system as only stable equilibrium.
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