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Electoral system

Electoral system

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Oct 22, 2026

Irris MaklerGUEST
6:34
Not a large parliament, not a large proportion, but still the largest so far.
David MarrHOST
6:40
What he stands for and the contest between him and Netanyahu, let's get to that in a moment because I don't think – because I think it would be really useful to have a look at the machinery of democracy in Israel because this is an electoral system where you don't vote for candidates, do you?
Irris MaklerGUEST
7:01
No, it's proportional representation, which many people around the world are touting as, especially in the UK, for example, as better than first past the post.
Irris MaklerGUEST
7:12
But having watched it play out in Israel, I would argue that it's not better because what happens is your loyalty is not to a seat, you know, if you're a candidate, it's to the party.
Fabio FernandesGUEST
2:06
Sure.
Fabio FernandesGUEST
2:07
So just to give a little bit of context for the European listeners, because they might not be familiar how the Brazilian election system works and even the political system in Brazil is.
Fabio FernandesGUEST
2:17
So it's a little bit different from Europe because it's not a parliamentary system, it's a congressional system.
Fabio FernandesGUEST
2:23
So it's much closer to the American political system without the electoral college.

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Fabio FernandesGUEST
10:18
I think it was just one to two million votes difference, which for Brazilian standards is pretty close.
Fabio FernandesGUEST
10:26
And since the Brazilian election is fully electronic, which means that there's no paper ballots, there's no way for you to check.
Fabio FernandesGUEST
10:34
Once the vote is casted in the system, it's saved in the system and there's All sorts of things about that system that we can get into, but I'm not going to get into too much details now, but raise some questions of the integrity of the election system in Brazil.
Fabio FernandesGUEST
10:51
And Bolsonaro kind of, after he lost, he pointed out these flaws, which are...

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