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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 4d
I don't think so. The use of the death penalty has declined, even in the US.

Nevertheless, it's the only Western country that uses the death penalty.

As you can see in the interactive chart, few democracies do:

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Democracies Abandon Death Penalty - Holdouts Remain
Are well-functioning Democracies more likely to abolish the death penalty? Take a look at our chart to find out.
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 4d
The UK has long abandoned the death penalty. If Reform were to reverse this, the UK would join the US as the only two Western nations to still use capital punishment.

Only few other democracies retain the death penalty:

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Democracies Abandon Death Penalty - Holdouts Remain
Are well-functioning Democracies more likely to abolish the death penalty? Take a look at our chart to find out.
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 4d
Most Democracies have long abandoned the Death Penalty, but the US remains an outlier.

Take a look at my chart to see how the US compares to other nations:

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Democracies Abandon Death Penalty - Holdouts Remain
Are well-functioning Democracies more likely to abolish the death penalty? Take a look at our chart to find out.
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 9d
The FTPT system could give him a majority with under 30% of the vote.

Would you support an electoral reform? I've calculated how the results would look like and it turns out, the left is just as strong as the right:

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Should the UK Change Its Electoral System?
The UK's FPTP electoral system is not meeting the challenges of the modern political era, and calls to switch to a proportional system are growing louder. What would that mean for the UK?
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 9d
Would you support an electoral reform?

I did the math and a proportional system would drastically shift the outcome and the narrative:

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Should the UK Change Its Electoral System?
The UK's FPTP electoral system is not meeting the challenges of the modern political era, and calls to switch to a proportional system are growing louder. What would that mean for the UK?
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 10d
I appreciate your thoughts!

I used the current polling averages to make the seat allocation under a proportional system, as well as for the FTPT result (modeled with the Nowcast prediction tool)

Proportional election systems have proven themselves as a tool against radical parties across the globe
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 10d
Would you support it if Starmer pushed for electoral reform?

I've examined how a proportional election system would change the outcome based on current polls:

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Should the UK Change Its Electoral System?
The UK's FPTP electoral system is not meeting the challenges of the modern political era, and calls to switch to a proportional system are growing louder. What would that mean for the UK?
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 10d
As you can see in the chart, Reform and Tories would fall short of a majority under the proportional system

The FPTP system gives Reform a majority with just 29% of the vote
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 10d
Would you support it if Starmer changed the UK's electoral system to a proportional one?

I've looked into it and the results under a proportional sytsem would look very different:

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Should the UK Change Its Electoral System?
The UK's FPTP electoral system is not meeting the challenges of the modern political era, and calls to switch to a proportional system are growing louder. What would that mean for the UK?
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 10d
Do you think Starmer should reform UK's electoral system?

I have calculated how the results would look like under a new and fairer system:

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Should the UK Change Its Electoral System?
The UK's FPTP electoral system is not meeting the challenges of the modern political era, and calls to switch to a proportional system are growing louder. What would that mean for the UK?
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 10d
Perhaps Starmer can reform the electoral system, then he at least has some kind of positive legacy

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Should the UK Change Its Electoral System?
The UK's FPTP electoral system is not meeting the challenges of the modern political era, and calls to switch to a proportional system are growing louder. What would that mean for the UK?
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 10d
See!

Coalitions can work magic.
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 11d
Perhaps it wouldnt work in the UK but one failed coalition doesnt have to mean that

Personally I would love to dee a labor/greens/new democrats coalition one day
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 11d
That's not necessarily true. Many countried function well with a three or two party coalition

It encourages compromise and stops radical parties, as research has shown.

Yes it can be a headache, but that's democracy
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 11d
I know and maybe reform will fade away until then

Nevertheless, the current system is soooo unrepresentative
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 11d
Reform is projected to win a majority right now, with just 29% of Britons voting for the party.

It may be time to abandon FPTP

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Should the UK Change Its Electoral System?
The UK's FPTP electoral system is not meeting the challenges of the modern political era, and calls to switch to a proportional system are growing louder. What would that mean for the UK?
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 11d
Let's hope Starmer passes the long overdue electoral

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Should the UK Change Its Electoral System?
The UK's FPTP electoral system is not meeting the challenges of the modern political era, and calls to switch to a proportional system are growing louder. What would that mean for the UK?
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 17d
He can say "I didn't vote for this" all he wants but that doesn't change the fact that he is partly responsible for this.

I've recently covered just how incompetent these podcasters were

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America's Joe Rogan Problem
Male Podcasters like Joe Rogan, Theo Von, and Andrew Schulz might have helped Trump win the election. Now most of them say they were fooled.
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 17d
The problem was Joe Biden's late exist

The problem was Fox News

The problem was the refusal to prosecute Trump in 2021

The problem was the Supreme Court

There are a log of reasons for why we are here, but Joe Rogan, Andrew Schultz and Theo Von certainly had an impact as well
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 17d
His lack of competence is what brought us here in the first place. The guy has a record of not knowing shit:

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America's Joe Rogan Problem
Male Podcasters like Joe Rogan, Theo Von, and Andrew Schulz might have helped Trump win the election. Now most of them say they were fooled.
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 18d
Their ignorance to plain facts is what got us here:

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America's Joe Rogan Problem
Male Podcasters like Joe Rogan, Theo Von, and Andrew Schulz might have helped Trump win the election. Now most of them say they were fooled.
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 18d
Let's not forget a big reason for why things have escalated this far:

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America's Joe Rogan Problem
Male Podcasters like Joe Rogan, Theo Von, and Andrew Schulz might have helped Trump win the election. Now most of them say they were fooled.
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 18d
He endorsed Trump. He voted for him. He voted for ICE to sweep kids of the streets, he voted for tariffs and he voted for Epstein's best friend.

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America's Joe Rogan Problem
Male Podcasters like Joe Rogan, Theo Von, and Andrew Schulz might have helped Trump win the election. Now most of them say they were fooled.
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 18d
Let's not forget. The lack of competence from the male podcast heroes have brought us to this point:

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America's Joe Rogan Problem
Male Podcasters like Joe Rogan, Theo Von, and Andrew Schulz might have helped Trump win the election. Now most of them say they were fooled.
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Frontline Democracy @frontlinedemocracy.bsky.social · 22d
Charlie Kirk made a living by playing to racist sentiments in the US:

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