Elections not involving the US?

[Kantor]

Mnementh said:

Kantor said:

Barozi said:
The Pirate Party is at the moment at 13% here, which would be the third strongest force in our political landscape.
Our 2013 elections should be fun to watch.

Please export them. We have one vaguely respectable party in the form of UKIP, and that has a very small niche.

You're from the UK? You already have a Pirate Party: http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/

But the election-system in the UK differs significantly from the one in germany. Even if a smaller party can secure 13% as the PP in germany does, it doesn't mean they can get a single seat in the parliament if election is hold by plurality voting system. We in germany have Proportional representation (with many speialities), that means if the PP has 13% of votes, they get 13% of seats in the parliament.

We do, but nobody has heard of it and nobody votes for it.

There are certainly advantages to proportional representation, like the increased representation of smaller parties, but the main drawback is that every government is a coalition and therefore unstable, and reneging on promises becomes the norm.