NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread, March 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 05 March 2012 01:40:03PM 1 point [-]

I've also heard that parliamentary democracies work better if there's a size requirement for parties-- otherwise tiny minority opinions get too much influence.

Comment author: asr 23 September 2012 05:09:34AM 0 points [-]

I believe this is mostly only a problem (and therefore the size requirement is only a solution) in countries with proportional representation. Britain's system of first-past-the-post by district seems to work well in encouraging the formation of a few large stable parties.