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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Third parties run at all levels of government and they would actually benefit from eliminating first past the post polling far more than the major parties.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The bitter fact is that a winning candidate has no incentive to reform the voting system that put them in power.

Why would a dominant party want to give any competitor an advantage?

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 4 hours ago

Because they care about maintaining their voters far more than enticing non-voters. If you listen to legislators and their staff for example, the way they perceive it is that non-voters may as well not exist in their minds, but eroding voters get attention.