Mixed-Member Proportional Representation Explained

[AholeAtheist]

I love how you've made it an island named "Kiwiland" and all the parties are named after native birds of New Zealand because New Zealand has MMP. So cool.

[jsbarretto]

I mean... ignoring the fact that Queen Lion seems to be an absolute monarch that has total autocratic control over everything including democracy, this is a brilliant idea.

[rubedofox]

It's a good thing Queen Lion has all these random helpful citizens like Kiwi with an in-depth understanding of election mechanics.

[PhazonMS]

Kiwi Island, eh? Hmm, I wonder...
*googles New Zealand Parliament*
it's elected via MMP. Heh...

[Disthron]

Queen Lion seems like a very conscientious ruler. ^_^

[FirstLast-kixx]

The example in the beginning (of 50% getting no representation at all) is pretty much exactly what happened in the scottish seats in this general election.

[hammerth]

One of the major issues of MMP in reality is that the number of representatives tends to explode as extra seats are added above the usual doubling to ensure representativeness.

[sarahsharpiemarker]

This was really helpful! Canada might change over to this system, so I wanted to better understand it before I voted for the party supporting it. Thanks!

[TheJammie]

Scotland actually uses this system (we call it the Additional Members System, AMS) to elect its parliament. It has worked much better than FPTP (especially by closing the gap between vote share and seat share)!

[Madayar]

You can fix the party influence if you give the voters the option to vote for a list candidate with their second vote. It still counts for the party, but you make your cross next to the list representative you like the most. When the votes are tallied, the votes per list candidate are tallied, as well, and the one with the most votes becomes the new number 1, the one with the second most the new number 2 and so on.

This change was implemented in Germany to the extend that in some elections voters have five or more votes and can vote for a candidate up to three times, to increase the chance that the actual will of the voters is reflected in the result. Every vote still counts as a party vote, but the positioning on the list is no guarantee anymore to become a member of parliament if your place has a low enough number.

[az]

Actually, you can get rid of that one problem about MMP if you allow the voters to choose between the political party candidates on the second ballot instead of having each party rank its candidates. The party candidate(s) with the most votes will then get the extra seat(s) of their political party :)

[dragonkingofthestars]

did you use 'Kiwi" as your island name because new Zealand does this?

[evenjedi]

that's the beauty of videos like this. they are so well put together that it's not information overload. and i don't know about other people, but having visuals and voice explaining concepts is a great way to learn. reading obviously has it's time and place though ;-)

[robmckennie]

Hang on, does the hypothetical election in this video take place on Kiwi Island because New Zealand uses MMP? Cool.

[GameMasterK]

0:07 there is a minecraft dog at the bottom

[TheAARSAN]

When will you make a video of the Schulze method?

[artistwithouttalent]

I have a random thought: couldn't citizens decide the order of preference for candidates in a primary-style single-party vote held before the general election?

[hardleecure]

We should do this in Canada. Scrap the senate and switch to MMP.

[Keymaster]

But... why should I care about animal polit... OH! These represent real life politics. Well that's helpful :)

[EliwSain]

Dante,  Watch at 3:20.  3rd Party Voters make a strategic vote for the range candidate to try and get a semi-closely aligned candidate on council from their range.  The 2nd vote allows for 3rd Party voters to vote for their 3rd party so that they (if they can make a large enough population) get one candidate on.  Combining MMP with AV helps empower a multi-partisan government.