It seems like the awesomeness of using PR for part of the seats somehow makes up for the lousiness of FPTP for the rest of the seats.
But why not use IRV+ for the rest? I mean it's not unlike FPTP in how it tends to favor bigger parties. According to George Eaton<http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2011/04/seats-party-election-majority>, it still lets there popular parties get a disproportionately large portion of the seats, but only when they're truly popular. So why couldn't Germany replace FPTP for its single-member seats with IRV? I got on this rant because I learned of the DPR <http://www.dprvoting.org/DPR_in_practice.htm>approach to foster multi-party system in the UK. I don't see any reason why 4-seat super districts that use 3-seat LR Hare and IRV+ wouldn't suffice? Maybe the use of PR might get more folks excited about the electoral reform this time... dlw
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