tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016930349938007962.post998683207884727146..comments2024-01-23T06:53:21.605+02:00Comments on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Telaviv1">Telaviv1</a>: A fine democracy: Why Israel shouldn't change its voting systemJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983135472234631643noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016930349938007962.post-66980383261384247252010-04-04T16:52:10.000+03:002010-04-04T16:52:10.000+03:00The British and US electoral systems are terrible ...The British and US electoral systems are terrible in my opinion, they only allow two parties to have any chance of holding power at all, and voting for smaller parties basically means wasting your vote. People in Israel, Italy and similar places have a tendency to think that introducing a system which is closer to the Anglo-Saxon one would make the political system efficient and well-run like an Anglo-Saxon system. Unfortunately (or fortunately) it's not so easy to turn a Mediterannean society into an Anglo-Saxon one. Yes, the coalition governments in Israel or Italy have a tendency to disagree and collapse, but somehow coalition governments in France and Germany do just fine. Perhaps the basic problem is not the voting system.<br>ji xiangnoreply@blogger.com