badgenome on 22 August 2012
| Mr Khan said: Of course, i've long wondered why our voting system has remained so mired in 19th century techniques and technology. |
Because there is simply no motivation to update or improve it. Everyone who has been elected was elected under the current system, and incumbents are generally interested in removing - not adding - wrinkles or variables so that they can keep getting elected. So gerrymandering is good, and changing the voting system in any way that they don't perceive as improving their chances of getting reelected is bad.
