Incompetent said:I think we can blame the Yanks for this one, in the same way that if the Internet had been pioneered in a language that had accents, there'd never have been any difficulty in getting them to display properly. I know the US still loves first-past-the-post, and unlike in the UK (which has an independent commission to draw boundaries), in the US the politicians get to decide where they want the constituency borders to be, so as to make most seats as uncompetitive as possible! Doesn't Canada have first-past-the-post as well?
Anyway, how do you do STV with just one poll?
Yes, Canada does. But not forever, I hope. We have finally elected a government that wants at least an elected, proportional Senate. Not that I want the conservatives for anything else, mind you.