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    1. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 12 Dec 2019

      It’s complicated: 1)Corbyn was a terrible candidate definitionally in that voters overwhelmingly disliked him, yet liked manifesto; 2) Labour going “remain” (my incorrect view)would not have worked—getting killed in Brexit areas. 3) Sanders/Corbyn comp real, but also limited.

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    2. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 12 Dec 2019
      Replying to @yeselson

      Do polls back popularity if manifesto? Not disputing. Curious to see polling data which was now to disaggregate that from Corbyn.

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    3. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 12 Dec 2019
      Replying to @joshtpm

      Yeah, don’t have it in front of me, but somebody tweeted it tonight and somebody else pulled it up about a week ago. Differences stark.

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    4. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 12 Dec 2019
      Replying to @yeselson

      Doesn’t surprise me. Mix of cross cutting Brexit plus people hating corbyn just impossible to overcome. Frankly having left and center left spread over as many as four parties doesn’t really help much either.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 12 Dec 2019
      Replying to @joshtpm @yeselson

      It's a real problem with the Westminister system. In Canada, left & center left parties have gotten 62% of vote for every election for nearly 3 decades but sometimes Tory wins because non-Tory vote has 4 major parties.

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        2. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 12 Dec 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @yeselson

          It’s like a self imposed electoral college. I mean we have this too. But we have primaries where we decide who gets to run in each race. Half kidding. But that really is a decent way to look at it.

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        3. They're amendments not commandments.  🌹‏ @satmandu 12 Dec 2019
          Replying to @joshtpm @HeerJeet @yeselson

          Wouldn't some form of IRV help in a Westminster styled system? If your candidate doesn't get enough votes to win your vote goes to your second choice. That would help end situations where the minority crazy party wins because the other parties split the rest of the votes.

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        1. nobody‏ @Monotony_Man 12 Dec 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @joshtpm @yeselson

          Tell them about ABC effort.

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        1. Lee  🇺🇦 🌻‏ @pommylee 12 Dec 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @joshtpm @yeselson

          The problem is not the Westminster system but FPTP, if you had preferential voting systems like Australia then you don't have that problem

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        1. Paul G. Brown‏ @_plumber_ 12 Dec 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @joshtpm @yeselson

          Less of a problem in a Westminister System with preferential voting ... Even less in a system with mandatory preferential voting. Where, contra expectations, conservatives do win!

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        1. Jim Douglas  🇨🇦  🇺🇦‏ @JimSDouglas 12 Dec 2019
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          The Westminster system doesn't require FPTP, which is the real problem. With ranked choice voting, voters would be free to vote their preference, and the candidate most acceptable to a majority of voters in the riding would win.https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2017/05/why-trudeau-abandoned-electoral-reform/ …

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        1. GreenGrandma‏ @MSVintageValues 12 Dec 2019
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          Weimar fell like this, too.

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        1. Null Seer‏ @NullMagitech 12 Dec 2019
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          Labor+Lib Dems+Greens+SNP is over 50% of the popular vote. Seems like FPTP is just shit.

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