In article <fkDym.284$qM1.82@newsfe19.ams2>, guy.barry@blueyonder.co.uk 
(Guy Barry) wrote:

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> > I want governments that reflect how people vote. That obviously mainly
> > means how the vast majority vote, not every tiny minority. Indeed the
> > Israelis seem to need to learn that lesson.
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> How can any government reflect how the vast majority vote?  The vote
> these days is becoming more and more fragmented.

By combinations that have voters' support being available for them to 
indicate sup prot for (or not). They do it quite well in Ireland.

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Cllr. Colin Rosenstiel
Council member, Electoral Reform Society
http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/
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> In article <fkDym.284$qM1.82@newsfe19.ams2>, guy.barry@blueyonder.co.uk
> (Guy Barry) wrote:

> > How can any government reflect how the vast majority vote?  The vote
> > these days is becoming more and more fragmented.
>
> By combinations that have voters' support being available for them to
> indicate support for (or not). They do it quite well in Ireland.

Well I must misunderstand the Irish voting system then, because I thought
they used STV, where each vote is used to elect a single candidate (though
it may not be the voter's first preference).  I didn't realize it was
possible to vote for a combination.  How does that work?

--
Guy Barry