1/ Canada’s electoral system is hot garbage—you can win 100% of the power with only 35% of the vote.
Millions of votes don’t count, ‘safe seats’ never change, and we keep pretending this is fine.
It’s not. But before we fix it, we should probably agree on how to fix it. Let’s break it down. 👇
Millions of votes don’t count, ‘safe seats’ never change, and we keep pretending this is fine.
It’s not. But before we fix it, we should probably agree on how to fix it. Let’s break it down. 👇
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🚗 Candidate A gets 35% → Wins everything
🚗 Candidate B gets 34% → Loses completely
🚗 Candidates C, D, & E? Might as well have stayed home.
If elections were Mario Kart, Canada would give all the trophies to the guy in 3rd place.
So, what are the alternatives? 👇
Proportional Representation (PR) – Seats match the percentage of votes.
Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) – Rank candidates instead of picking just one. No ‘vote splitting.’
Single Transferable Vote (STV) – PR & RCV had a baby
But how do they work? 👇
Who’s Fighting for PR?
-Fair Vote Canada (@fairvote.ca)
-NDP & Greens kind of support it
-Academics & political reform nerds
If PR is your thing, they are for you
Who’s Fighting for RCV?
-No major national organization pushing for RCV in Canada right now.
-Some reform groups discuss it, but there’s no strong campaign.
This one will require work👇
Who’s Fighting for STV?
-No major Canadian group is actively pushing STV right now.
-Used in Ireland & Scotland, where it works well.
STV? Not likely👇
📢 Politicians ignore us because we’re too divided on the solution.
📢 If we rally around one, they can’t ignore us.
📢 The louder we get, the harder it is to shut us down.
So… what’s the plan? 👇
Did you know that single-winner RCV (aka IRV) uses the same process as multi-winner/proportional RCV (aka STV) you just stop once the 1st person wins? H.R. Droop proposed using this special case of STV in 1881.
At the end of the day, any reform is better than FPTP—we just need to rally around something and push for change.