What troubles me most is that I hear many younger persons say:
'voting doesn't matter'. Democracies die when the people believe
themselves to be disenfranchised because of structures that
maintain a no longer relevant status quo and where the people are
simply not heard.
Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP) would seem to
address many of the concerns that voters have about how the
governments they elect are eventually formed. I believe that MMP
provides an opportunity to revitalize our ailing democracy: it can
counter voter apathy and it requires our elected officials to
consider alternative points of view and to work collaboratively as
opposed to adversarially along strict or dogmatic party lines. MMP
should, in theory, be good for the people, regardless of political
persuasion or loyalties. Let's give it a long overdue try!
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