One more result, sample size 9, mostly re-affirming the preferences here
Government
Direct Democracy 45.3% (40.5)
Unitary Democracy 22.5% (23.4)
Federal Republic 13.5% (15.5)
I still have my own reservations towards referenda as a decision tool, it led to Brexit after all...
The problem is mainly the yes/no nature of referenda without having to weigh the consequences. The wording of a question can easily bias the outcome. And with social echo chambers being the norm nowadays I kinda see it as another polarizing tool.
However it's better than a 2 party Federal Republic!
Ideally there would be more parties to represent more different views. And instead of direct yes/no questions for a referendum more detailed choices involving where the money should come from. A bit like the surveys my county sends out to poll public opinion on policy changes, showing the cost of each choice in the questionnaire.
While I'm for a unitary democracy on national scale, the way my county operates with public engagement is quite nice. My kid just had a half hour talk with the mayor at his school yesterday shedding more light on how little power he actually has. Basically forced by the provincial government to expand our town at too rapid pace which has many people angry here. He said he was glad houses in the newest developments are selling slowly (only 12 sold out of 600 in one, started development 3 years ago) In another subdivision residents have gone to court to block the next development which would 'wreck' their neighborhood as the only access to the private land they want to build 400 housing units on is by a narrow rural road serving a couple dozen homes.
Anyway more input on local issues works better than on national and foreign issues. I think that's better left up to representational government. The hard part is where to make the line between local and national issues. Nationally we need more affordable housing, locally we don't have the infrastructure to double in size over a span of 20 years. We're at just under 15,000 now, still supposed to climb to 25,000. We're already bussing some kids over to neighboring towns because schools are full, meanwhile traffic jams are becoming more frequent without room to expand the roads. No public transport.
Yet of course if you put it to a referendum, all towns would likely say no... We have plenty of room to build new towns though, it would be smart too to start developing further North with climate change. Problem is the province doesn't want to pay for the infrastructure...
Economy
Social Democracy 34.7% (26.5)
Classic Liberalism 20.2% (22.8)
Mixed Markets 12.0% (14.1)
Socialism 10.9% (12.3)
Market Socialism 10.6% (11.9)
Society
Progressivism 44.2% (47.3)
Freedom 25.8% (18.9)
Societal Justice 11.1% (12.5)
Religion
Atheist 39.3% (42.1)
Secular 30.8% (24.3)
Hybrid 18.8% (21.2)
Security
Procedural 57.0 (56.2)
Humanist 16.7% (18.8)
Reformist 15.2% (12.5)
Law & Order 11.1% (12.5)
Foreign Policy
Internationalist 43.0% (35.9)
Nationalist 19.3% (21.7)
Sovereignist 18.5% (20.9)
Assimilationist 10.0% (11.3)
