Interesting post Ray, and I will bookmark your thread.
This could be a positive for the US.
I like the idea of more diversity in Congress, such as Greens, Libertarians, Progressives.
It would certainly make the Congress much more diverse, and encourage minority political voters to register and vote.
I'm thinking it would also likely produce some purely evangelical candidates here in the US, and maybe a few members like David Duke.
This would be interesting - to see Greens, Libertarians, Fundamentalists, and Racist candidates all trying to craft legislation together.
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So, in the UK you have the anomalous and anti-democratic situation where the Labour Party recieved 36% of the votes in the last election, yet got about 55% of the seats in Parliament. The Liberal Dems, on the other hand garnered 22% of the vote, but were able to only secure about 10% of the seats in Parliament. Such a system is clearly not representative of the will of the people.
In Germany, in contrast, the Green Party has made astounding gains in progressive and intelligent legislation while still only representing about 10 to 15% of the vote. In Germany, seats in the Bundesrat are assigned on the basis of the proportion of the vote that each party gets nationwide.
Such a system would radically alter the landscape in America. Clearly the Republicans would be the big losers, as they should be since they represent such a small slice of the American public, much of which is deliberately alienated from the political process by the special interests represtented by the Republican Party. |
