You all know that UKIP are about, but there appear to be some people who don't understand how AV works (on a practical level, all this stuff about BNP voters being allowed to vote several times over etc), so here goes:Via
Thursday 5 May 2011
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AV forms a majority candidate by aggregating ballots from the bottom of the first round , thus leaving out a lot from the top. The multi ballot run off has the same flaw. Borda Count, John Charles de Borda 1700's includes all votes.
I'd imagine that if we voted for AV, then that is all we'd ever get. If one is serious about electoral reform then something a little more structured is required. At present, it all seems to be a cook-up to save the Lib- Dems, of whom I do not approve.
But that is not why I'm, agin it - we can do better than this...
Den, of course there are better electoral systems, on balance I'd favour multi-member constituencies with one man one vote.
RE, that's as maybe, but a little self-defeating. Imagine they'd offered us a referendum on Lisbon Treaty, yes or no. Some people, out of principle, would have said "This is the wrong question" and scrawled "Out" on their ballot paper, thus preserving the status quo.
Well, if all the parties use it to get their leaders that is evidence that AV doesn't work IMO. Cameron becomes leader of the Tories when most Conservatives I've met actually wanted Davies. Ditto Ed Milli getting in when most Labourites seemed to want David. AV seems to be a good way of NOT getting candidates you really don't want. It doesn't seem to be a particularly good way of getting what you want, however.
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