Proportional Representation Forever Delayed
By
James Bredin

The people want better ballots but politicians wont allow,
They want to maintain their first-past-the-post system as it is now,
Where the political loosers take most of the people's votes,
And proportional representation is something no one promotes.

The winner of an election does not need a majority,
Reality and first-past-the-post says a minority,
Therefore most of the electorate are not represented,
Where electoral changes are said to be resented.

Most of the world has switched to proportional representation,
After a lot of lack of representation and frustration,
But our appointees, politicians and media want no change,
Are we missing something here because it does seem strange?

Feb 26th, 2010


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