Re: The Coup No-one Noticed


J J Levin wrote:
> "Lee Ratner" <LBRatner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1137501612.399618.259660@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Joel Shurkin wrote:
> >> On 1/16/06 11:49 AM, in article i6Qyf.88$uf5.11@xxxxxxxx, "J J Levin"
> >
> >> So does Britain and Canada and they don't have these problems.
> >>
> >
> > British and Canadian elections are based on the first past the
> > post principal like US elections. This has resulted in 2.5 party
> > systems in the UK and Canada.
> >
> > Israel uses a proportional voting system where people vote for
> > parties and parties receive a number of seats that equals the
> > percentage of the votes they received. France and Germany and Italy and
> > many other nations use the same system. The difference is that in
> > France and Germany and other countries using proportional
> > representation, there is usually a law that requires any party to get
> > at least three to five percent of the vote before being let in
> > parliament. Israel does not have any such requirements. Any party that
> > gets once percent of the vote is in. This results in some rather
> > unstable coalition governments.
> >
>
> Not precise, Lee. The Israeli threshold is 2%.
>
I swore I read it was 1% somewhere. 2% is better but it really
should be around 5%. Proportional representation is not exactly the
best form of elections but its been used by Zionists since Herzl's time
so Israel is unlikely to abandon it. Maybe Israel could switch to
single transferable vote. At least that way people will be voting for
actual people and not parties.

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