LogFAQs > #882049245

Ranked is still a huge step up on FPTP, and I'd certainly be content under such a system, but I still think Proportional is the better option.

Ranked ballots still suffer from one of the big drawbacks of FPTP, which is that your vote only *really* matters if you're in a competitive riding. That and the representation is still less than ideal. For instance, let's say that a hypothetical race has the following results:

Liberals: 40%
Conservatives: 35%
NDP: 25%

The NDP candidate is eliminated - 10% of their voters have the Liberals as a second choice while 10% have the Conservatives and 5% had no one as their second choice. That's enough to give the Liberal candidate the win and all seems well.

Except... it's still overlooking the fact that 60% - a clear majority - of the electorate wanted someone else representing them and that 50% didn't even have the Liberals as their most preferred runner-up.

Under a Proportional system, the Conservatives and NDP would still get some representation from those results, though the Liberals would still take home the largest share.
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