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posted by [identity profile] marnanel.livejournal.com at 11:35pm on 09/05/2005
It's a person that will represent you, not a party.

I don't see that the list system is so much worse than the current setup, since in practice currently (as you point out) quite often the person is representing the party rather then you.
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posted by [identity profile] fluffymormegil.livejournal.com at 11:36pm on 09/05/2005
A pure list system is odious, because it secures the place of odious party hacks very, very efficiently. (Are you going to vote against the party whos policies best suit you just because the #2 candidate on their list is an odious arsehole?)
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posted by [identity profile] marnanel.livejournal.com at 11:48pm on 09/05/2005
Also a problem with the current system. Do you vote for the friendly Tory or the unlikeable Lib Dem? (Not that this was a problem in any recent election for me, mind.)
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posted by [identity profile] atreic.livejournal.com at 07:25am on 10/05/2005
Err, no, it's a different problem. Both systems have problems, but they're not the same problem.

The "nice person, nasty party" problem is fairly fundamental to a party politics system, but the "list" problem, is "I like Labour #3 more than anyone else in the country, but really really hate Labour #2, and there is no way of showing this with my vote" In your problem *you* can decide whether for you "nice tory">"nasty libdem" and vote accordingly, in a list situation you can't.

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posted by [personal profile] rmc28 at 08:00am on 10/05/2005
I would vote for the nice Tory if I really loathed the LibDem - better to have a rebel in a party I don't support than a git in the party I do.
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