[fvc-wat-disc] MMP on the radio

[Alida and George]

Perhaps Hampton does not have the benefit of all the studies -  wherever and 
whenever they might have been done - that show MMP has not in the past and 
does not now improve voter turnout, in situations like the 2007 Ontario 
campaign?( However that may be compared)
"Hampton is trying to win the campaign" suggests he is consciously playing 
with the truth...if not lying.
Are we certain?

George
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Nijjar" <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
To: <adamglauser at wlualumni.ca>; "FVC Waterloo Region Discussion" 
<fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [fvc-wat-disc] MMP on the radio


>
> --- Adam Glauser <adamglauser at wlualumni.ca> wrote:
>
>> Yesterday, Howard Hampton was on "Here and Now", and while he was
>> making some
>> pro-MMP arguements, I'm not sure they were all accurate.  For one,
>> he
>> suggested that moving to MMP would greatly improve voter turnout,
>> which as I
>> understand it is not supported by evidence from other MMP
>> jurisdictions.  Can
>> anyone clear this up for me?
>
> You are correct and Hampton is trying to win the campaign.
>
> We might expect voter turnout to rise a little under MMP (perhaps by
> a few percent). But the overall turnout in all countries regardless
> of voting system is dropping.
>
> If anything, it appears that countries with low populations are
> correlated with higher turnouts.
>
> I do think that it is fair to say that electoral reform is one
> component of making our democracy more healthy, and that it is hard
> to forsee voter turnout rising dramatically in Canada when many
> people clearly are unsatisfied with the limited choice in parties
> they have now.
>
> - Paul
>
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