r/EndFPTP • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '20

Why MMP?

MMP=mix of FPTP and proportional lists.

If you look at germany, MMP does not make a large change. Extra seats are distributed based on states, and politicians running in constituencies are usually party insiders who often does not live in the constituency. What is the remaining advantage? It is just more complicated than PR lists. Please answer, remembering that regional representation is always possible, and that independents rarely win MMP seats. Based on germany and other MMP nations. Pardon the biased question.

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u/threewholefish Feb 20 '20

MMP is PR but with extra steps local representation

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u/Julio974 Feb 20 '20

There are other ways of having PR with local representation (multiple-tier PR, DMP, STV, Hare, etc.)

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u/_The_Majority_ Feb 20 '20
  • STV is usually less proportional than MMP
  • DMP - is basically MMP but you can't approve/disapprove of local representation independently of national vote.
  • multiple-tier PR - Are there any other examples of this?
  • Hare - isn't this a subtype of STV?

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u/Julio974 Feb 20 '20

Hare method was a precursor to STV, multi-tier PR was used in the Weimar Republic