Comment by Jolter

I would say that what you wrote in the first two paragraphs is all equally true of a system with proportional representation. But you’d avoid a lot of problems:

- people in ”safe” constituencies being permanently represented by an MP from an opposing party, with no recourse except for moving

- policies that constantly pander to voters in ”swing” constituencies

- the two major parties constantly triangulating their policies around the center, rather than voters moving their votes to the party representing their opinions, which ensures that government is always centrist or near-centrist

Etc — these are just my pet peeves about the US and UK systems, I know there are more.

Plus, I think it’s good if a system is more robust against loss of trust that you mentioned. You could argue that in the UK, society hasn’t yet been broken, but looking at the US, don’t you think it’s better not to have that vulnerability?