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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (17675)	5/22/2003 11:55:10 AM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 21614

Yes, a party-list system, although based on proportionality, is frustrating. The party-elite sets up the lists, decides on the order of the candidate, and the masses just pick a list. Whoever is placed highest on the list will always be elected, while the ones lower down will never, while the ones at the "water mark" are kind of helpless. That is, also frustrating for the individual politicians, candidates, as the power of the party-elite is almost unlimited. Ilmarinen However, some have suggested similar systems more recently for really new nations, Africa,etc, with the reasoning that the "masses" cannot be trusted, the power should be held by the party-elite. Larger nations, with a too large populations for more direct democracy, usually balance that dilemma with a parallell system of "voting on person". (as well as having the outcome of the election decide the position on the list)