Dave Ketchum wrote:
On Jun 16, 2010, at 9:57 PM, Kevin Venzke wrote:
Hi Kristofer,
--- En date de : Mer 16.6.10, Kristofer Munsterhjelm
<[email protected]> a écrit :
That is possible. Would primaries encourage that effect? If
so, would we expect parties in two-party states without
voter primaries to be closer to each other?
I'm not sure. I tend to view primaries as one form of a phenomenon that
will inevitably happen under FPP one way or another. If there's something
important about them I guess it has something to do with timing...
Plurality NEEDS primaries because its voters can vote for only one. If
X1 and X2 run for party X, without primaries, they can expect to each
get only half the votes intended for party X. If Y1 is the only
candidate for party Y, Y1 has a big advantage over X1 and X2.
In a parliamentary system, I imagine it would be possible for the party
leadership to decide (in the manner that they decide a list under party
list PR). How do parties in actual single-winner district parliamentary
countries (like England or Canada) select their candidates?
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