I'm extrapolating this idea from a series called "how the universe works". Specifically the sun, always in a balance between cold fusion and gravity. Also an essential part of the Zen philosophy: Yin and Yang.
The idea is, we get a vote for the party that we don't want in power as well as one for who we do want in power.
Then we just use simple math to calculate the difference and figure out what the majority of people actually wanted.
This would destroy the fear that creates strategic voting, and make things like the vote compass a good thing rather than something that divides us.
Or we could allocate a percentage to each party and then actually reflect the exact percentage they achieved in their control of government. That seems more intelligent eh? But not everyone get's intelligence...
Of course the seemingly harmonious thing would be if they would all just run the government together and do what each of them is best at... I think ego and image get in the way of that far too much. But if for example each party leader had a percentage of the federal budget to allocate instead of trying to pick one person to allocate it they would spend a lot more time thinking about how to allocate they're part of it instead of arguing about it.
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