Aramazd
Deity
Splime's right. Even though I dislike this regionalism scheme, I'm not going to change it, since it was voted for.
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Provolution
Sage of Quatronia
Fair enough, I was merely stating my view. I think Portsborough, Al Hakimah and Karmel are the most extreme cases, and if some of these moved around, it would at least feel realistic.
jeps
Arcadefire
I bring up the 2006 Canadian Federal Election, where all 28 ridings in the province of Alberta (including 100% of Calgary and Edmonton) voted Conservative. 3,455,062 people are represented by ONLY conservatives.
Or PEI where 100% (of 4, but still) ridings were Liberal.
or Toronto, where 100% of the ridings were NDP or Liberal (left, centre-left). Cities can be fractured completely or a province can be completely united.
Or PEI where 100% (of 4, but still) ridings were Liberal.
or Toronto, where 100% of the ridings were NDP or Liberal (left, centre-left). Cities can be fractured completely or a province can be completely united.
Provolution
Sage of Quatronia
That is unique, and a good story.
The Ninja
Secretary of Defense
We don't need them to vote for us. We already control the whole government.
The Ninja
Splime
Regular Lurker
jeps
Arcadefire
unique? what about 2004 where 26 out of 28 were conservative in alberta, including all 8 seats in calgary, and all but 2 edmonton seats in the rest? or the north (all three territories) which was 100% liberal?
or the fact that PEI has been 100% liberal since 1988?
or the 1936 American Presidential election, where FDR won EVERY SINGLE STATE EXCEPT VERMONT AND MAINE?
or Ontario in the 1997 federal election, where 101 out of 103 seats went to the liberals?
cities, provinces, and NATIONS can all vote in large blocks. (or if you are in quebec, bloqs.)
or the fact that PEI has been 100% liberal since 1988?
or the 1936 American Presidential election, where FDR won EVERY SINGLE STATE EXCEPT VERMONT AND MAINE?
or Ontario in the 1997 federal election, where 101 out of 103 seats went to the liberals?
cities, provinces, and NATIONS can all vote in large blocks. (or if you are in quebec, bloqs.)
Provolution
Sage of Quatronia
Provolution
Sage of Quatronia
It seems Canada got a lot in common with Cuba and other promising nations with 99 % turnout and 99 % support to one party.
Lockesdonkey
Liberal Jihadist
On the contrary, the parties in question did not win anywhere near 99% of the vote. Rather, their problem is that of the first past the post: because reps are elected by simply having the most votes in their district, it is possible for a party to win all of the seats in a state/province while winning a far lower percentage of the vote.
Take, for example, a Canadian province with four districts. Let's say that each district (well, "riding", since we're in Canada) votes 40% Conservative, 39% Liberal, and 31% NDP. Because in each riding the Conservative candidate got the most votes, each district returns a Conservative representative, even though less than half of the people in the province voted Conservative.
jeps
Arcadefire
Yes, we are FTPT, though Ontario might be switching in October, in the Fair Vote referendum.
in 2006 election, only in some ridings in edmonton did the conservatives get under 50%, and received 65.0% of the vote in the province.
the Liberals got 52.5% in PEI.
nowhere else were there either sweeps or over 50% of the vote for one party.
in 2006 election, only in some ridings in edmonton did the conservatives get under 50%, and received 65.0% of the vote in the province.
the Liberals got 52.5% in PEI.
nowhere else were there either sweeps or over 50% of the vote for one party.
Lockesdonkey
Liberal Jihadist
Exactly. And Civilitas, seeing as it operates on a single-member voting system, is either FPTP or some kind of runoff. Regardless, even with runoff elections, it is possible for a city of five districts to elect members all of one party and still have a party balance like I developed in the history-proposal thread (in which the CSP had only 32% of the vote for the City Council--44% if you included the JDP, which I invented as being a unique local subbranch of the CSP--but still sends five CSP representatives to Parliament) because of the very existence of (single-member) districts. In particular, I noted that two seats (Al-Hakimah West—Novoe Vladivostok and Al-Hakimah South) formerly voted consistently for other parties and only recently voted differently, and upon reflection realized that New City should be the same.
In addition, while I encouraged CSP members to join Al-Hakimah, it was free for all to join. They chose not to. If there are any Christian democrats (by which I mean members of the Conservative Party or of any other party who consider themselves Christian Democrats), though, I might be willing to add one more district.
What you gain in locality with single-member districts, you lose in proportionality. It's a tradeoff that's very hard to work with.
Ball Lightning
www.sporedum.net
Should we start sending people PM's who haven't chosen a city yet? So that we can get on with this?
Yes. If I recall correctly, the current turnout is pitifully low.
Joe Harker
1st in the Premiership!
In Britain as well, particulary London, the whole place is spilt between Labour and the Tories, while in Tyne and Wear, the area has consistandly voted Labour
ArneHD
Just a little bit mad
I'll claim a spot in North Shore.
West 36
Can count up to 4
Khadyzhenskaya, town surrounded by farms, once centered on industry, is now a growing community seeing a more urban center, with suburbs popping up where fields used to be, set on the land between the lake and river -which aren't named.
Just call it Kaddy, as most people say for short.
I'm not sure exactly what else I need to do though.
Just call it Kaddy, as most people say for short.
I'm not sure exactly what else I need to do though.
Splime
Regular Lurker
Actually, I'd like it if someone else could take over map editing duties...
mangxema
I
I could probably do it so long as you don't need anything until after Tuesday. Pretty much cramming for exams until then... 
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