Re:How I Teach Gerrymandering
by dagw on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @03:12AM
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If you want a real 'travesty' why are you focusing on The Greens rather than UKIP? UKIP got 3.5 times the votes that the Greens got, but got just as many seats as the Greens did. And the same argument about the votes likely being even higher if people weren't afraid of throwing their vote away could also be made.
Yet you don't hear too many people complaining about that outcome.
Re:How I Teach Gerrymandering
by aidos on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @09:30AM
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Yup. I think that's wrong too. I'm no fan of UKIP, but with so little influence after being the preferred party of 12.7% of the voters something surely isn't right.
Yet you don't hear too many people complaining about that outcome.