• pjwestin@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Third parties run at all levels of government and they would actually benefit from eliminating first past the post polling far more than the major parties.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      The bitter fact is that a winning candidate has no incentive to reform the voting system that put them in power.

      Why would a dominant party want to give any competitor an advantage?

      • JaymesRS@literature.cafeOP
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        3 hours ago

        Because they care about maintaining their voters far more than enticing non-voters. If you listen to legislators and their staff for example, the way they perceive it is that non-voters may as well not exist in their minds, but eroding voters get attention.