[pp.int.general] Social r-evolution in Spain - #spanishrevolution (Rok Andr?e)

[David Arcos]

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Philip Hunt <cabalamat at googlemail.com>wrote:

> On 21 May 2011 11:40, Jordi Soucheiron <jordi at soucheiron.cat> wrote:
> > A "voto en blanco" is a vote without anything inside of the envelope (I
> > guess that is what a blank vote is).
>
> So what does that mean -- a vote for no-one? I'm not familiar with
> mechanics of voting in Spain, so what is the envelope used for?
>

Blanco = white

It's a white vote. Empty envelope. It's a way to say that you don't mind who
wins.

In fact, it hurts little parties because it increases the participation.



> > The problem with d'Hont system is that given the tiny electoral
> > circunscriptions that we have in Spain, parties like Izquierda unida
> (with
> > around 10% of the votes) only get 1 or 2 seats (Barcelona and Madrid). If
> > there was only a huge circunscription the system would be more
> > proportionate, but as of right now thats not the case
>
> I understand now, thanks. Do the protestors have any specific
> electoral system they want to use instead? (The obvious one would be
> to use fewer but larger electoral regions).
>


The problem is that in small regions (a few seats), a lot of votes get
wasted. If it has 4 seats, and your party gets less than 25%, those votes
are wasted.

The obvious fix is "one big circunscription". One person, one vote. Not
perfects, but way better than right now.

Why do we have such a system? Because of the Spanish Transition. When the
dictator Franco died, they made a bipartidist-friendly system, so the power
 would remain at the same few hands.
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