I come from a country where traditionally two or three parties compete for power, and the election map shows a clear division between the two sides. Why is this not the case in Finland, even considering the large Swedish minority?
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how is it diverse? it’s basic European political diversity no?
Why not? And what large Swedish minority? The Swedish speakers are finns.
D’hondt system instead of simple majority vote guarantees your vote isn’t wasted, even if your representative doesn’t get in it benefits the party you voted
It really isnt tho
Basically all the parties are just a bit different flavor of socdem with little variation on big issues.
it’s diverse because it’s not based on first past the post/an electoral college system. also this is standard in continental europe.
Centre Party used to be big in North Finland. However True Finns took their place 2011.
Like many European countries Finland uses a proportional representation system, which reduces the impact/necessity of tactical voting and allows for more than 2-3 party systems.
It’s called democracy
We usually have majority governments, i.e. the government has 101 or more of the 200 places in parliament. To reach such numbers, several parties need to work together to form a government, so there is no use doing like they do in the US and say the other party is their mortal enemy.
I like it this way, it’s less polarisation. And it is not uncommon at all for Europe to have several parties.