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France's Macron dissolves parliament, calls new elections (www.dw.com)

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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Odd comparing to what? Two rounds is the way to ensure the president has a majority: first you vote for who you want, second time you veto. This is how you elect presidents in countries like France, Brazil, Romania, Portugal...it makes sense :)

PS: Macron did not resign, these are not presidential elections, this is a legislative election only.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

The top two candidates may be quite polarising for example, whereas a 3rd candidate might be acceptable to all. Or there could be a large group of quite mediocre candidates.

It's not bad way per sé, but it's basically a band-aid around FPTP, instead of fixing the problem properly.

[–] pedroapero@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Actually you can never vote for what you want, unless it has a decent chance to make it to the second turn. The condorcet method would allow it.