Post #1264783
2023-01-17 13:50 UTC
@SallyStrange PR is where every vote counts. If you have 10 candidates with first past the post, only the ‘winner’ gets to represent the people who voted for them, meaning those who voted for the other 9 have no representation. In PR seats are allocated on a percentage basis of the total number of votes cast. So if there are 100 seats and one candidate gets say 30% another 20% another 20% another 15% and another 15% the seats are allocated that way so everyone is represented.
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@jaycee@toot.community 2023-01-17 13:52
@SallyStrange that way the candidate with only 30% of the vote doesn’t ‘win’ to the detriment of the other 70%