France's Election is Today

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Btw, reunification, how long is that going to be an excuse? Slovenia is a former communist country and has 6.3% unemployment.

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Probably because the living standard (...and therefore the wages and taxes) is _much_ higher in Germany. A lot of jobs in Germany have been moved to Asia or Eastern Europe. You can't really compare these two countries.


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I think that this system (where a candidate must win by a true majority) is better than our system. The guarantee of popular-ish candidates making the final running makes it much more sensible to vote for a third party candidate (since if they don't win, it's not going to change the outcome in a negative fashion, i.e. voting green is like voting Republican). Seems to make it easier for people to vote their conscience rather than vote practically, thereby bypassing some of Duverger's law.

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IMO the best way for people who want to vote their conscience is proportional representation & parliamentarianism.