• HowManyNimons@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Don’t romanticise it. You’ll still have a small number of options in total, and you’ll be unlikely to shake the dominance of the 2 major parties. You’ll still worry about “wasting” your vote on a party who will get low representation. You’ll still be disappointed when the centre left don’t do anything meaningful. You’ll still be powerless when the right hold government. You’ll still have trouble finding someone you want to vote for.

    Yes it’s better, but it’s not Paradise.

    Source: Lived in New Zealand under MMP for five electoral cycles.

    • kaffiene@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      As a NZr, I agree. But it does make smaller third parties viable. In NZ, Greens, ACT and NZ First are all third parties where a vote is not wasted if their block wins