Currently, Canada's electoral system is based on a "first past the post" system. The candidate with the most votes in a riding wins a seat in the House of Commons and represents that riding as its Member of Parliament. The Governor General asks the Members of Parliament to form a government, which is normally the party whose candidates have won the most seats; that party's leader generally becomes Prime Minister. An absolute majority of the electorate is not needed, and is rarely achieved. As a result, power has been held by either of two parties for most of Canada's history. The party whose candidates win the second largest number of seats becomes the Official Opposition.
@97ZSBF91yr1Y
Yes, with larger constituencies with multiple MPs
@928T5592yrs2Y
Yes, so long as it is a mixed-member system
@97Z3QMD1yr1Y
Yes, but be wary of extremist support within parliament
@97YWTWJ1yr1Y
Yes, but with blend with additional member system
@982MF941yr1Y
People should vote on individual topics rather than for a whole party
No, and abolish elections.
@97QQ2QX1yr1Y
No, switch to an AMS voting system
Alternative voting system that is both effective and most of all representative
@96TCXSD2yrs2Y
Switch to a mixed member PR system
@96T6Z4H2yrs2Y
They shoud be equal seats so that all the views can be heard.
A single transferable vote should be used
@96PDTHD2yrs2Y
No, Switch to a Single Transferable Voting System
@96NQMSM2yrs2Y
The political system, including voting, in its current state is antiquated as in dire need of modernising.
@96NF6PN2yrs2Y
Switch to a more proportional system (AV, STV), but not straight PR.
@96N6CX5Conservative2yrs2Y
Yes, and make it cumpulsory to vote
@96MPGZ92yrs2Y
Don’t know it needs to be explained properly
@96M6N852yrs2Y
No, this could significantly dilute the rural voice in parliament due to lower population in the countryside
@96LXNYX2yrs2Y
No, it would use up too much resources in the civil service/parliament when there are very large issues at hand. Overall I think it would be a better fairer system, but shouldn't be made a priority
@96KH7X72yrs2Y
Any legal party in the UK can run for political office, with the party with the most seats gaining ruling power
@96K36C82yrs2Y
@96G5T7J2yrs2Y
no but there should be electoral reform.
single transferrable vote system
remove the voting system and rights for politicians
@969MSXZBritish National2yrs2Y
Should be no voting system
@969JQVH2yrs2Y
Proportional representation would be fairer, so probably
@969H2Q32yrs2Y
The whole system is prehistoric and a modern governance system should replace it completely. This one's broken.
@96923YN2yrs2Y
proportional representation for government, separate system for local/regional government.
@967HCDV2yrs2Y
Yes but only in minor categories.
@9674XQM2yrs2Y
The UK should switch their whole system completely and not just make minor changes to things like voting but introduce concepts such as localism and populism instead of letting the powerful take advantage of the many
@966JH8C2yrs2Y
IRS should be used but an extra 150 seats should be added using PR (I.e. an additional member system)
@95ZR3L72yrs2Y
No, switch to the Alternative Vote system
Democracy is a heavely flawed system but some types of democratcy are worse than others.
Yes, and include an STV voting system to truly reflect the country’s politics
@95YZYFB2yrs2Y
@95XZ95B2yrs2Y
yes, but find a better system for fairer voting
@95XYNSM2yrs2Y
I am neutral when it comes to politics
@95WVN3K2yrs2Y
Can any voting system be accurately trusted
No, a push to Single Transferable Vote system with regions electing 5 MPs at a time
@95VZ5W42yrs2Y
All citizens should vote on all elections and issues, also every vote should be counted.
@95VCWC82yrs2Y
Yes but to an alternative vote form of PR rather than pure PR specific to constituency
No, Abolish democracy entirely
@95TD79T2yrs2Y
No system is going to be perfect and unless we come up with one that offers significantly better reputation while not risking reducing the effectiveness of the government the. Is shouldn't change.
@95T9V7X2yrs2Y
Switch to Australia's voting system
Yes, and all elections in the UK should use a PR system
@95SLV8N2yrs2Y
No, Budget caps on campaigns and fairer representation of other parties
@95Q9CP22yrs2Y
If this was to be used correctly, it could improve proper political representation for minority stances.
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