Re: Who is the sheriff?

[Alberto Monteiro]

Dan Minette wrote: 
> 
> Germany has proportional representation.  If there 
> are two big parties, each with 47.5% of the 
> legislature, then a party with 5% can claim a pretty 
> high price to make one of the two parties the top dog. 
> 
But, OTOH, I guess Germany elects the parliamentary 
representatives by majority vote. So, a party that 
has 49% of popularity but happens to be 
minority in every district would get 0% representativity 
[which, considering that _they_ once elected 
a certain chancellor with about 25% of popularity, 
might be a good solution for them O:-)] 
 
Alberto Monteiro 
 
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