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Originally Posted by Liquid Punk  I think people in less population dense areas fear that in a system of proportional representation they would have less representation in the government than people living in large cities. This of course is based on the presumption that people living in rural areas are inclined to vote differently than people in cities and towns. |
I actually think it would be the opposite, and many of the people that I know lobbying for PR in Canada are in rural areas. That's because rural areas tend to be lumped in with a nearby city, and as you said, people living in rural areas are inclined to vote differently than people in cities. The thing that ends up happening is the thousands of people in the city elect whoever they want, and the hundreds in the rural area that are part of the same riding don't end up making a difference. On the other hand, with proportional representation, all of those rural areas added together might end up electing somebody.