[fvc-wat-disc] The new poll

[Jennifer Ross]

Yes, and that could help, but the pollsters won't follow our lead on that,
so it likely won't help that much.

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 11:09 PM, John Deverell <johnfdeverell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> One of the practices we should adopt is to refer to different models as
> MMP-PR, STV-PR and so on.
>
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Anita Nickerson <
> anita.nickerson at fairvote.ca> wrote:
>
>> The Broadbent poll asked something about list PR, too. People really
>> don't understand all the different systems, their nuances, uses around the
>> world, and acronyms. They respond to the word "proportional". They respond
>> even better to the principle defined in simple terms.
>>
>> Anita
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 9:20 PM, David Merner <davidmerner at shaw.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks very much, Jenn.
>>>
>>> How very interesting that:
>>>
>>> "those who voted for the Liberal Party in last year’s federal election
>>> are more supportive of this move (59%) than those who voted for the New
>>> Democratic Party (NDP) (49%) or the Conservative Party (40%)."
>>>
>>> The tide is turning!
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2016-06-29, at 3:40 PM, Jennifer Ross wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> http://www.insightswest.com/news/half-of-canadians-want-proportional-representation-in-federal-elections/
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > No other Western democratic country concentrates as much political
>>> power in the hands of one person as Canada does with her Prime Minister.
>>>
>>>
>>
>


-- 
No other Western democratic country concentrates as much political power in
the hands of one person as Canada does with her Prime Minister.
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