You can't have PR for the election of a single individual. (View Post)

Sigh. You're one of the worst individuals for assigning people you disagree with to a group identity, and then arguing against that group identity, rather than the point made by the individual i… (View Post)

Well, the first Dail was elected in 1918, when Ireland was still part of the UK, and so it used the electoral system of the hated oppressors. And similarly for the election of the second Dail, under … (View Post)

On this point, Ireland uses STV and will elect 174 TDs from 43 constituencies at the next election, an average of just over 4 TDs per constituency, ranging from 3 to 5. Because there is one TD per 30… (View Post)

In 2021 the average age of mothers was 30.9 years, and of fathers 33.7 years, so a generation length is currently 32.3 years. That would place the next AV referendum in 2043. The Scottish IndyRef was… (View Post)