Podcast: MMP vs FPP
Dr Michael Johnston
Dr James Kierstead
28 September, 2023
Dr James Kierstead talks to Dr Michael Johnston about NZ's interesting Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system vs First Past the Post (FFP), in the run-up to the 2023 NZ election.
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Articles mentioned in this podcast:
- Dr Michael Johnston on the pros and cons of FPP and PR: MMP System Is Complex And Secretive | Newsroom
- Dr Oliver Hartwich on the quirks of MMP: Under NZ's Complex Polling System, Labour's Weak Polling Raises The Possibility Of 'List MP Extinction' | The New Zealand Initiative (nzinitiative.org.nz)
- Karl Popper on First Past the Post: From the archives: the open society and its enemies revisited (economist.com)
- The Johnston plan: A ‘losers’ list’ for MMP? | The New Zealand Initiative (nzinitiative.org.nz)
- The Kierstead plan: One more push to make MMP fair (newsroom.co.nz)