| Rath said: What do Americans think of the idea of proportional representation? |
We have become very attached to the idea that our congressman represents us, that is, that he or she is a local individual that really gets into our community. Thus we would have an issue with party lists, where you essentially only get the "elites" from each party in.
I believe PR would fare poorly in America, unless we did PR within states (such that, say, of the 15 or so Representatives you get from Pennsylvania, they would be selected by party lists within the state), partially because the winner-take-all system clashing with the two-party system forces the political parties to stitch together alliances across regions, whereas under PR the Democrats, for instance, could just focus exclusively on getting out the vote on the coasts and in the big cities and not have to worry about what other regions think.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
