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Portrays MMP and electoral mechanics as manipulable and undemocratic
The article frames MMP not as a fair system but as a gameable structure where elites thwart voter will, using metaphors like 'cold war' and 'loopholes' to suggest systemic dysfunction.
“Elections are primarily a contest between political parties but democracies always have a deeper, more covert cold war between politicians and voters as the former endlessly devise schemes to thwart the will of the latter.”
Nebraska's split electoral vote system portrayed as legitimate but politically contested
The article presents the 'blue dot' system as a functional, democratically sustained mechanism under partisan threat, affirming its legitimacy through Democratic resistance to repeal.
“State Republicans have tried to repeal the so-called blue dot system — named for the blue, liberal dot Omaha represents in a sea of Republican red — but Democrats in the State Legislature have been able to block that effort.”