Illustrator Claire has a stellar set of drawings about why using a horse-racing metaphor for the electoral process (in Britain or in Canada) gives the current voting system a legitimacy that it really shouldn’t have. Here’s the first panel — click here (or the picture) for the whole post.
In other political news, the NDP has about equal support as the Liberals, now, especially in Quebec and the West (!). If we had a sensible voting system, then this would mean something useful, but since it’s likely spread out over a range of ridings, it may not. This is not a fair
Thanks so much for the link! I really hope it gets to as many people as possible.
Great comic. And I totally agree with your earlier post – the NDP needs to be more NDP-y, not just a variation on the Liberals.