Timeline for Why has no party ever won a majority in Israel?
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| Jun 8, 2021 at 0:01 | comment | added | Ben | @DevashsihKaushik "Dominant coalition" normally means that no party has a majority, which is why it's a coalition. Consider that multi-party systems just mathematically make it much more difficult for any single party to have a majority. If only two parties can win a significant number of seats, then a very slim margin can grant a majority. If just 3 parties can win significant numbers, then the "even" share is 33% each; one party needs a massive margin of 17% above that to achieve outright majority. It gets even harder with 4 or more parties "in the running". | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 22:34 | answer | added | Tony Tannous | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 15:40 | comment | added | user0 | @Simon Politics does tend to be focused on disagreement, but certain circumstances (such as war) tend to emphasize unity and agreement. I was referring to the fact that Israel was created immediately following the Nazi-era in a region which is mostly hostile to it (whether the hostility is justified or not is a different matter) and have fought multiple wars in that region. After all, talk about leaders stoking international tensions to shore up domestic support is pretty common. | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 15:34 | comment | added | user0 | @Hobbamok That's true. But I was under the impression that even multi-party systems tend to have a single dominant party/ coalition at a given time. I now realize that their election system prevents that kind of dynamic. | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 12:31 | comment | added | Simon | "given the context in which Israel was formed, it would (intuitively) make sense for most people to agree on political issues". What? Why would that make sense? And even if the citizens of a country do agree on most issues, that does not really have an impact on the fracturedness of parliaments. Politics is always about those issues where people do not agree. Things that everybody agree upon do not need discussion. | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 10:02 | comment | added | Hobbamok | Because they're not a two-party system? (and their election system doesn't favor it). a TON of other democratic nations do not have this massive flaw | |
| Jun 6, 2021 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPolitics/status/1401509192192643073 | ||
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| Jun 5, 2021 at 17:57 | answer | added | Arno | timeline score: 19 | |
| Jun 5, 2021 at 17:56 | answer | added | JJJ♦ | timeline score: 54 | |
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| Jun 5, 2021 at 17:25 | history | asked | user0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |