Mark Pack

Majority of public say voting system is unfair

By | Thu 29th April 2010 - 9:20 am

So reports PoliticsHome:

A majority of the public believe that the current voting system is unfair, and that it is now time to start thinking seriously about alternatives, according to new PoliticsHome research.

57% of voters said that the current system of voting in the current system is either ‘very unfair’ or ‘generally unfair’, compared to 39% who think it is fair…

In a further indication that voters are dissatisfied with the current electoral system, voters believe that it is more important for an electoral system to reflect the proportion of votes cast nationwide than to produce a clear winner.

51% of people said that it was important for a system of voting to ‘produce a result that reflects the proportion of votes won by each party in the country as a whole’ – larger than the proportion who think it is important for an electoral system to ‘tend to produce a clear winner’.

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3 Comments

  • Andrew Suffield 29th Apr '10 - 10:11am

    The time for serious thinking about alternatives was the 19th century. That happened; we now have a well-established body of science on the subject, and a comprehensive understanding of how voting systems work. Thinking time’s over, it’s adoption time.

  • David Pollard 29th Apr '10 - 10:28am

    One word of warning. In a poll in the Independent, people said they did not like Nick Clegg saying that PR would be a price for going in with another party. This sounded to me like putting party interests before national ones. We should stick to the issues.

  • Tony Greaves 29th Apr '10 - 11:34am

    You think the radical reform of the political system including STV is not an “issue”?

    Tony Greaves

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