POLL: Gauging public opinion for AV

[The Red Fox]

I've posted this at RDF, but I'd also like to ask the folks here.

For those who missed this piece of news a few weeks ago http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8492272.stm Gordon Brown wants to implement the AV system. Personally, I'm against it. If we're going to reform the political system, and these chances come along once every few centuries in this country, we should do it properly and go for a fully proportional system.











Disclaimer: I'm going to use the poll results in a research project for college on the subject of PR. I'm not going to be using usernames or comments, just the poll results.

[Paul1]

I really don't think AV is a significant improvement and I'd much rather see a Single Transferable Vote system. IMO, it's a waste of money setting up the necessary referendum about a system that people either won't understand or will realise makes little difference.

[I'm With Stupid]

No, it should be PR.

[The Red Fox]

Thanks for the votes guys, please keep it up, the numbers matter.

[Reverend Blair]

Well, at least do something over there...then maybe we can accomplish something here in Canada.

[I'm With Stupid]

Is it wrong to look at the list of countries we share a system with a make a judgement from that? It seems like any half-decent country (no offence Canada and America) uses one of the two main versions of proportional representation.