Germans have two votes. It's their PR.

They have a set number of seats available for constituencies, then some left over for the PR percentages.

That is a very simplified explanation. User Posted Link

They have had the odd coalition government but things generally swing more or less like ours from left to right, with the FDP (Lib Dem equivalent) sometimes having a say.

And this is the biggest economy in Europe.

Posted By: APB on May 7th 2010 at 20:57:46

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Politics (General Chat) - Martin Peters, May 7, 19:43:15
- Scotland does a good job of remembering the tories in my opinion (General Chat) - pants, May 7, 19:53:28
  - Exactly! (General Chat) - Martin Peters, May 7, 19:58:58
    - I think it's also very difficult, if you like your local MP (General Chat) - pants, May 7, 20:06:59
      - Yep...Surely You Vote For Your MP First? (General Chat) - Martin Peters, May 7, 20:12:00
        
        Germans have two votes. It's their PR. (General Chat) - APB, May 7, 20:57:46
        
        And so, for example, last time... (General Chat) - APB, May 7, 21:19:11
        
        That's maybe a way to formulate a PR into it all (General Chat) - pants, May 7, 20:14:56
        
        Like in America (General Chat) - duke of york, May 7, 20:13:48
      - Ditto Norman Lamb in north Norfolk (General Chat) - duke of york, May 7, 20:09:55
        
        Good Old North Norfolk. Same In North West Norfolk... (General Chat) - Martin Peters, May 7, 20:14:31
- until the parliamentary voting system is changed it will never be representative (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 7, 19:51:15
  - Major, Major Reform Essential (General Chat) - Martin Peters, May 7, 19:54:56
    - I guess they could do a very simple calculation (General Chat) - duke of york, May 7, 20:08:48
      - I was talking about the system of voting in the House of Commons (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 7, 20:22:46
        
        Difficult, Isn't It? (General Chat) - Martin Peters, May 7, 20:32:08
        
        exactly, the entire system needs a major overhaul (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 7, 20:36:11

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