"It goes both ways. The Liberal majority governments since 1993 (and before) all exercised dictatorial powers with only ~40% of the vote."
True, and I support political change to remedy that -- but when you map on to the political spectrum, a centrist party ruling with only 40% of the popular vote is a very different thing than a right-wing party ruling with only 40% of the vote.
After all, the first represents a compromise between two extremes, while the second represents one side of the political spectrum dominating the majority.
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regna
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Date: 2007-05-09 06:47 pm (UTC)"It goes both ways. The Liberal majority governments since 1993 (and before) all exercised dictatorial powers with only ~40% of the vote."
True, and I support political change to remedy that -- but when you map on to the political spectrum, a centrist party ruling with only 40% of the popular vote is a very different thing than a right-wing party ruling with only 40% of the vote.
After all, the first represents a compromise between two extremes, while the second represents one side of the political spectrum dominating the majority.