Fptp Pros And Cons

The current ‘First Past the Post (FPTP)’ system within Canada has many benefits, as it allows the government to pass bills with ease, if they have a majority government (majority of seats); however, a majority of Canadian citizens each election are disappointed with the result, and/or feel like their vote did not matter. The reason behind all the concern within Canada post election is that the seats needed to make a majority, can be acquired without having a majority of the populace within the riding. Am example of this is in the 2011 election, Stephen Harper of the Conservatives, won the General election with only 39% of the total votes cast . The FPTP system has favored the Conservatives, and the Liberals, allowing them to have monopolized the Canadian elections in the past hundred years . There are numerous alternatives to FPTP, including: ranked ballots, and proportional representation (PR). Canada is quite possibly overdue for a reform of the political election system; however, jumping to proportional representation isn’t necessarily the best choice. Changes can be made to the current political system, while they research electoral reform alternatives, such as: mandatory
One major advantage of FPTP system is that it excludes extremist parties from gaining seats within the House of Commons; as a result of, most of the extremist parties have support in concentrated geographical locations . FPTP allows more immediate/direct communication of complaints, and ideas, brought to the House of Commons by your MP representative. These members of parliament act as messengers to the Prime Minster, just as the Governor General is the messenger to the queen . Finally, FPTP is a simple system that everyone can understand, or easily come to learn. A valid vote consists of one check mark beside your candidate, and is very easy for the electoral officials to tally