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What if the length of a term was proportional to the amount you won by in the election? (lemmy.fbxl.net)

submitted 1 year ago by SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 14 points 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