Hi There!
I profess to be struggling to understand what benefit some of the options in the referendum offer over say the main two contenders. I may be simplifying it too much but as I understand it the key two offer either the ability for the highest voted party to lead alone, which has a more simple control scheme and allows said govt to lead alone and not consult other parties for legislation. Upside, less politicking, downside, less debate. The other as we have it now, is the opposite, a lot more opinions get heard, more bargaining and compromise is had, but it takes longer and is harder to get any legislation completed due to the bargaining required to get coalition parties to vote your particular way.
With the exception of the FPP, all of them seem to be variations of MMP, and if we don't like MMP, why would you vote for any of the other options, since as I understand it the reason you wouldn't vote MMP is because you find the whole coalition situation is tiresome and boring and involves being held to ransom at each legislation presentation..
I don't want this to become a wild debate on general politics, but if someone could succinctly give a rundown on the basic differences of the other options and why they would be beneficial in the real world, it would really help me.
Thanks very much!