Seems odd that if you win by 0.001% that’s treated the same as if you win by 50%. “You barely won, here’s the same mandate as someone who won soundly”

Probably a bad idea, but there’s an idea in there that isn’t dumb.

  • Astrealix@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I mean, that’s to a minor extent how parliamentary systems work. There’s a limit on how long you can go without an election, sure, but the government can call one basically whenever they want, which means if they have a stronger mandate they’ll probably try to stretch it out whereas if they barely have a government yet the people support them they may try another election to increase their standing, and if you have a flimsier support you may end up being vote-of-no-confidence-ed sooner