(Warning : A bit of maths but you can skip that bit )
I agree STV works much better than FPTP while still retaining districts and voters being able to cast votes for candidates.
because more members are elected in each district, about half the votes go to the voter's first preference.
another 30 or so percent go to help elect candidate that are liked but not the voter's first preference.
altogether 80 to 90 percent of votes are used to elect someone who was marked as preferred by the voter.
so that is great!
Hi Tom
Thanks for your interest and comment, which, of course, i agree with!
I've nearly finished this exercise of showing how the UK could easily adopt STV... just got Wales together. Then this will go on to be a more general political blog
Chris
I agree STV works much better than FPTP while still retaining districts and voters being able to cast votes for candidates.
because more members are elected in each district, about half the votes go to the voter's first preference.
another 30 or so percent go to help elect candidate that are liked but not the voter's first preference.
altogether 80 to 90 percent of votes are used to elect someone who was marked as preferred by the voter.
so that is great!
Hi Tom
Thanks for your interest and comment, which, of course, i agree with!
I've nearly finished this exercise of showing how the UK could easily adopt STV... just got Wales together. Then this will go on to be a more general political blog
Chris