The party with the most votes should lead the government even if they have less than 50% of the vote?


On average, everyone agrees with significant nonconsensus between 46 voters.

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The party with the most votes should lead the government even if they have less than 50% of the vote

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Reasons To Disagree

51% of the vote is sufficient enough to form a government, wherever those votes come from. If a coalition can command that much influence in Parliament, then why not form a government? 62 MPs from different parties is still a majority over 60 from a sole party.

5 March 2009

Imagine this scenario: Party A has 46%, but Party D has 42% and Party C has 9%. Parties B and C have similar ideas. the B-C coalition should govern, not A by itself. The majority of the population supports the B-C ideas.

27 August 2009

 

Reasons To Agree

Idealy that would be the case, but they will still need the support to get essentials like the budget passed otherwise the Govt can't function.

1 November 2008

Representatives should be held accountable to their pre-election promises. Ideally providing a personal guarantee. The government as a whole should be held to lawful limits. I think the fastest way to do this would be to elect a party which stands on these principles and recognises their role as public servants and mere delegates of the publics ultimate power. PALParty is aligned to this.

21 March 2011

Reasons for Remain Neutral

The so-called democratic party system is a disaster - it's just mob rule. The minor parties in MMP make it even worse as they have an innordinate power to louse the system up even more. GENUINE DEMOCRACY ONLY WORKS WHEN MP'S VOTE REGARDLESS OF PARTY AND ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN VALUES AND BELIEFS OF WHAT IS BEST FOR THE NATION AS A WHOLE BUT HAVING TOTAL REGARD FOR THE RIGHT OF EACJH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL.

1 September 2009

I agree with the above sentiments. All MPs should be free to vote as they wish. The present adversarial system has become bankrupt. Alan Vallis.

10 October 2010

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