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Is there some standard name for radical opposition against proportional representation?

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The European Parliament is elected on the basis of proportional representation, which is not true representation.

  • A Youtube video in Spanish:

El sistema proporcional es una traición a la representación (The proportional system is a betrayal of representation).

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    This doesn't seem particularly radical. – eyeballfrog Jul 22 '20 at 16:44
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    @eyeballfrog, "not true representation", "betrayal of representation" seems pretty radical IMHO. Buf if your "radical" includes burning things... – Martín-Blas Pérez Pinilla Jul 22 '20 at 16:59
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    I'm with the frog. This is just the sort of over the top rhetoric that is totally standard these days (to the detriment of all of us not using it to get their way). It seems likely that the two people you quoted are simply anti EU and they are implying it is undemocratic because they use PR for some things. I doubt there is a specific term for anti-PR people, although they would no doubt like something like "pro-democracy advocate" or "fair voting proponent". – Eric Nolan Jul 22 '20 at 17:32
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    As a general rule (psychologically speaking), human being have strong commitments to or against ideals; they only take 'radical' positions with respect to things that entail emotionally-valence shifts in worldview. Proportional representation is a system, not an ideal; as you can see from your second quote, the speaker is upset that PR violates an ideal of representation, not that PR represents an ideal in its own right that must be opposed. I think you need to shift the focus of your question. – Ted Wrigley Jul 22 '20 at 18:00
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    @TedWrigley, Re "hift the focus of your question": in what direction? I'm not interested in the (accidental) anti-UE side nor in Bukovsky nor in García-Trevijano. – Martín-Blas Pérez Pinilla Jul 22 '20 at 18:09

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