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#VancouverBC uses an outdated election model called block voting. It rarely works as it should: "Last municipal election, ABC councillors won 35% of the vote, yet somehow collected seven of ten council seats."@alvanderklipp.bsky.social in @sitkamedia.bsky.social

sitkamedia.caVANDERKLIPP & CAMPBELL: Does Vancouver need a new electoral system?If there's one thing local candidates and elected officials can count on, though, it's that block voting fosters a "winner-take-all" environment in which parties and lawmakers focus on dividing their ...

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@alvanderklipp.bsky.social's preliminary analysis of Van election results suggests COPE and the Green Party will be over-represented on council. With proportional representation, ABC, OneCity, TEAM, & Vancouver Liberals each likely would've won 1 seat more than they did under the outdated system.

youtu.beProportional Representation, ExplainedYouTube video by Sightline Institute