Originally posted by Double Edge
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Originally posted by Double Edge
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Originally posted by Double Edge
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Originally posted by Double Edge
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Originally posted by Double Edge
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Germany has not only a declining natural factor (less births than death) but also a negative migration ratio - there are more people leaving than coming here.
And the population includes non-Germans of course. The estimation is that Baden-Württemberg alone needs to triple its immigrant numbers in order to keep the population constant.
Originally posted by Double Edge
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In RLP on sunday they used their own two-vote system in which 51 seats are given through direct mandate and minimum 50 seats are given through either state-level or province-level party lists. That one is pretty close to the federal voting system for the Bundestag, although there are some differences.
Voting systems not only differ between states, but also depend on the level of election. In municipal elections in Hessen (were also on Sunday), the voters had one vote for each seat in their municipal constituency and one vote for each seat in their administrative district, with each candidate garnering up to three votes from each voter... well, to put it simply, in the city of Darmstadt last sunday, each voter had iirc 93 votes to hand out.
Originally posted by Double Edge
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The "new" part is that [Sainte Lague] is used to distribute seats from vote numbers. It used to be [d'Hondt], which favoured the party with the most votes even more. d'Hondt was used in most German states' voting systems since the 50s, Sainte Lague is being introduced slowly as it's considered "fairer" to smaller parties.
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As a whole, the concept of PR in Germany has worked quite well for the past 55-60 years. From a German perspective, it's considered good that - usually - coalitions have to be formed to form a government; having a minority partner "moderates" the majority partner to some extent.
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At municipal level it gets even more complicated, because each municipal green party is essentially an autonomous entity. Some lean towards conservative, some towards centrist-left, some towards ultra-left. In my town we even have two Green parties now (in the city council - one centrist, one left!) after some of their guys and gals had a personal spat
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