I live in New Zealand, although I'm an American citizen. The country is currently run by a party called Labour. Their the equivalent of the Democratic Party.
The electoral system is MMP (mixed member proportional), a supposedly more "democratic" and proportional system. In reality it just means more polticians, and small parties being able to hold disproportionate power.
Arguments over electoral boundaries occur hear as well, and I doubt if there is any way to avoid them, or to avoid partisan gerrymandering.
Democracy - a system of counting heads regardless of their content.
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I live in New Zealand, although I'm an American citizen. The country is currently run by a party called Labour. Their the equivalent of the Democratic Party. The electoral system is MMP (mixed member proportional), a supposedly more "democratic" and proportional system. In reality it just means more polticians, and small parties being able to hold disproportionate power. Arguments over electoral boundaries occur hear as well, and I doubt if there is any way to avoid them, or to avoid partisan gerrymandering. Democracy - a system of counting heads regardless of their content. www.libertarianz.org.nz