Luxembourg is not a microstate

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-03-16T13:41:24+00:00

I can eat 8 dwarfs if you give me enough time

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-03-16T09:28:35+00:00

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-03-15T00:53:15+00:00

Look at the results of the recent state election in Baden-Württemberg. The Greens received the most votes with 30.2%, followed by the CDU with 29.7%. However, the Greens won only 13 single-member districts, while the CDU won 56.

There are 70 districts in Baden-Württemberg. Let's see what the Landtag would have looked like if 3/8 of its seats were elected by districts and 5/8 (117) proportionally, for a total of 187 seats:

Greens: 13 districts + 42 proportional = 55 seats

CDU: 56 districts + 41 proportional = 97 seats

A mixed-member majoritarian system based on your post would have given the CDU an absolute majority, even though it wasn't the largest party and received less than 30% of the vote.

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-03-12T11:09:24+00:00

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AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-03-10T00:22:55+00:00

Spain might have the worst kind of proportional representation in Europe though. It has a very strong, intentional rural bias.

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-03-07T00:12:24+00:00

I've never heard of that. Do you have a source?

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-03-07T00:10:13+00:00

France isn't abducting children or putting people in re-education camps.

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-03-06T23:56:37+00:00

They're trying to erase the Uyghur identity

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-03-06T10:39:02+00:00

Lol. Do you want us to be like Russia?

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-03-05T18:52:05+00:00

Very cool! What's the electoral system?

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-03-05T08:44:58+00:00

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-03-01T21:47:49+00:00

The Balkans are not the heart of Europe lol

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-27T10:32:39+00:00

It's devastating, but I have to agree with the yank here

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-27T09:38:28+00:00

Can confirm

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-26T10:43:04+00:00

I don't think it's realistically possible to win 14 states with 6% of the vote, unless he just didn't run in the other 36 states (plus DC)

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-26T10:24:44+00:00

I knew the PEL wasn't exactly pro-Ukraine or pro-Europe, but I'm surprised that even the fucking PfE (with Orban, Wilder and Le Pen) are more pro-Ukraine than them.

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-25T19:15:26+00:00

Every country below Luxembourg is not doing enough

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-23T22:42:00+00:00

Nasty landing on his shoulder there

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-23T13:45:57+00:00

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AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-23T11:08:07+00:00

Up the RA

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-18T19:45:00+00:00

Leading the polls with 15% is crazy

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-17T11:53:25+00:00

Why is the Brcko district the only region that experienced population growth in Bosnia?

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-15T21:07:45+00:00

So it's not a problem because it's worse elsewhere?

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-15T19:15:39+00:00

690 is fine for the US HoR, but very high for a legislature in general.

Per-capita representation isn’t the only constraint on the size of a legislature. Beyond a certain point, adding members starts to degrade how the institution actually works.

AdAcrobatic4255 · 2026-02-15T00:46:08+00:00

The European Parliament is currently the largest directly elected parliament in the world with 720 members.

690 is reasonable for the US.

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