[fvc-wat-disc] The new poll

[Donald Fraser]

great news!

On 29 June 2016 at 20:33, Jennifer Ross <2jennross at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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