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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by croisillon on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:02AM (#27601606)
That’s not correct, Chirac won the parliament in 2002, the first time the presidential election was for 5 years. The former system (7 years president) allowed more diversity and that’s how he got to work with a left prime minister, 10 years after having been himself the prime minister of a left president.
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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by sofixa on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:31AM (#27602183)
Hm, i remembered my history wrongly, i've now removed that stuff, thanks!

> The former system (7 years president) allowed more diversity

Yeah, but 7 years is a lot and it's a remnant of when France wad supposed to be a monarchy, so i completely understand why they changed it.

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