The BC Green Party decided which of the other two major parties will be the next majority government. This power possessed by the Green Party was too great for the amount of votes they received. The Green Party received 16% of British Columbians votes and won three seat which is unproportional but they still received too much power.

All though the Green Party only won three seats they could make the difference in which of the other two major parties received majority government. Now for the NDP to entice the Greens to join a coalition they will have to change some of their values and perspectives. These new values and perspectives might not be what the voters originally voted for either. “The Greens went into negotiations with the other two parties making three key demands: getting official party status in the legislature, an electoral system based on proportional representation and political fundraising reform.”- Dirk Meissner thestar.com Making demands on these three massive issues and having expectations they will be meet shows how much power they posses. These ideas and perspectives are too much of a demand for how little votes they received. They will probably receive this power anyways and this shows one of the many flaws of the distribution of power in BC’s political format.

 

This is a perfect example of a system granting too much power because of a loophole or technicality. These three seats that the green party holds gives them more power then whichever party they decided not to align with. The liberals won the popular vote in BC but its looking like they won’t have a thing to show for it. Even in LOTF a book choke full of irrational decisions Ralph was smart enough to grant Jack power because he received some votes but not nearly enough to win. “Ralph looked at him, eager to offer something. “The choir belongs to you, of course.” Even on a mindless island their form of government seems more rational than ours.

The ironic thing about this is that the green party is pushing for political reform. They know that if this political system is to continue people will get frustrated with the government and lead to disapproval. Similarly to Macbeth his corrupt way of gaining power made others frustrated. Macduff was set on killing Macbeth as he disapproved of how he achieved power. I am not saying that people are gonna kill green party members but I am sure people will be upset with the amount of power they posses.

Another shining example of the flaws of the first past the post system is Donald Trump.  Trump was able to acquire presidency with under 50% of the popular vote. So less americans wanted him as president then did.

America and Canada pride themselves on their democratic values, where everyone has an equal voice on who is granted power. But these examples directly challenge that as power is being granted through loopholes and technicalities.