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In message <dc4u4k$npj$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Webster <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes 

"Charles Francis" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In message <dc4kuv$u9e$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Webster
<Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>
>"Charles Francis" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> In message <dc3m9c$8gq$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Webster
>
>> We should elect two houses using entirely different systems, both of
>> which would take us away from the stranglehold of 2 party politics. An
>> "upper" house using strict PR. Strict PR enables small parties to get a
>> look in. If the monster raving loony party can get 0.25% of the vote,
>> they would have an MP in a house of 400 members. The main house to be
>> elected on a constituency basis by first past the post, marks out of
10. 
>> That way the vote cannot be split, so that strong unaligned candidates
>> have more chance, as do strong candidates from smaller parties.
>>
>>
>
>marks out of 10?
>

You give your favourite candidate 10, your least favourite and any you
object to 0, others you grade between 0 and 10 depending on merit. All
marks to be added, the highest total to be elected.

do you have to give marks, or could you give one 10 and all the others zero?

You can give marks exactly as you wish. That includes giving one 10 all others zero.


Also do you have to give someone 10, can you give the best 5 because whilst
he is best, it is best of a bad lot?

You can do that, but it is not recommended if you want to maximise the power of your vote. You will only maximise the power of your vote if you give at least one candidate 10 and at least one candidate 0. Then there is complete freedom to register approval or disapproval of all others.

Genuinely interested to see how it would work

I am too, because I've never known it used. Most of what I can think about it is an improvement on other systems. For example an unpopular candidate should not get in because he is up against two popular, but similar, candidates. (I do not accept the argument that people are too stupid to understand anything more complex than the present system)




Regards

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Charles Francis
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