What a total **** up we are still wasting for an outcome and looks like a hung Parliament where no one wins
What a total **** up we are still wasting for an outcome and looks like a hung Parliament where no one wins
Yes hung means equal on both sides
Whilst Senator Hanson will be returning to Canberra.
"Please explain" Ugh. What a mess.
It’s a little more complex with multiple parties. To form an effective government, a party (or coalition) needs an overall majority (and realistically, a little more). If no single party has a majority they can either try to agree a coalition with one or more other parties to get up to an overall majority (though this generally involves compromises) or try to form a minority government (which is possible but obviously makes it more difficult to pass legislation since the other parties can work together to block it).Does it mean an identical number of delegates in parliament? That sounds like a very improbable result and quite exceptional.
It’s a little more complex with multiple parties. To form an effective government, a party (or coalition) needs an overall majority (and realistically, a little more). If no single party has a majority they can either try to agree a coalition with one or more other parties to get up to an overall majority (though this generally involves compromises) or try to form a minority government (which is possible but obviously makes it more difficult to pass legislation since the other parties can work together to block it).
I’d say “difference” rather than “weakness”. Presidential systems have similar issues in different ways, such as where there are major political difference between a President and government, leading to either stagnation or legislation being forced through with no real oversight.Okay. Thank you. It is about the same problem as in most European countries. It is a general weakness of parliamentary democracy vs presidential forms.
Does it mean an identical number of delegates in parliament? That sounds like a very improbable result and quite exceptional.
I’d say “difference” rather than “weakness”. Presidential systems have similar issues in different ways, such as where there are major political difference between a President and government, leading to either stagnation or legislation being forced through with no real oversight.
I think this is a wider problem to be honest – as long as elected politicians seek to represent only on political viewpoint rather than the will of the population as a whole, there will always be direct conflict and distinct winners and losers. I’m not sure if there is a solution to this but I do know that just shifting the job titles around isn’t it.
While I’m sure the political scientists could make all sorts of technical arguments about what kind of political system should work best, in practice I don’t think these systematic details actually make all that much practical difference. It’s ultimately the people involved who determine whether the political process and governmental structures work or not – good people will generally make things work regardless while bad people will create a disaster out of any system.I understand the argument quite well, but have never been able to befriend it. If the question of political systems, the conditions under which democracy it the best form of government, why it is and how the democracy should be structured, "Calculus of Consent" by Tullock and Bucanan is an excellent introduction.
While I’m sure the political scientists could make all sorts of technical arguments about what kind of political system should work best, in practice I don’t think these systematic details actually make all that much practical difference. It’s ultimately the people involved who determine whether the political process and governmental structures work or not – good people will generally make things work regardless while bad people will create a disaster out of any system.
After all, isn’t it commonly said that the best system in theory would be the truly benevolent dictator? We just know that nobody would ever be up to that job.