Have a chat with him if he doesn't look menacing, and find out what the issues really are? (View Post)

Pure d'Hondt is used in Denmark (with a 2% cutoff) and IMHO works quite well. You get alliances of left/centre-left and right/centre-right, with one or two centrist parties uncommitted, and can … (View Post)

Up to a point. If a party regards a seat as hopeless they don't bother to assign volunteers there, and people notice, and reduce the share of the vote accordingly to 3% or so. Conversely a deter… (View Post)

That's right. But the 2% are disproportionately keen when things are perceived as going well. I've canvassed thousands of homes in a couple of weeks, and as few as 10 activists can ring mos… (View Post)

I think it's proportionate - 2% or so of members are usually active. But there's I suspect that being in power and making (necessary?) compromises depresses the 2% more than most. (View Post)