To be fair to leper I don't think it has anything to do with who is trailing who in the Opinion poll,I wonder if sf were trailing well behind in the latest opinion poll would this have even being posted? I suspect not...
I wonder if sf were trailing well behind in the latest opinion poll would this have even being posted? I suspect not...
STV system is complicated when compared to FPP Vote, but it is a relatively fair system and fairer than FPP.Our Single Transferable Vote system makes it harder to predict elections then it is in the UK with their first past the post system.
Our system is designed to give strong Parliaments and weak Governments.
That may be true but it make it harder to predict outcomes as there are more moving parts.STV system is complicated when compared to FPP Vote, but it is a relatively fair system and fairer than FPP.
Th system we have gives the Dail more power by virtue of the fact that it is very hard to get a majority government. That makes it hard for any government to affect real change. That's both a good thing and a bad thing. The solution is a stronger committee system but the people in their wisdom, of lack thereof, don't like that idea.I don't know what you really mean re "strong Parliaments and weak Governments."