Electoral system
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Oct 22, 2026
Can Netanyahu win again? Plus, who was the Queen's favourite president?
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6:34Irris MaklerGUEST
Not a large parliament, not a large proportion, but still the largest so far.
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6:40David MarrHOST
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?
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7:01Irris MaklerGUEST
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.
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7:12Irris MaklerGUEST
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.
EP207: Brazil's voting (w/ Fabio Fernandes)
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2:06Fabio FernandesGUEST
Sure.
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2:07Fabio FernandesGUEST
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.
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2:17Fabio FernandesGUEST
So it's a little bit different from Europe because it's not a parliamentary system, it's a congressional system.
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2:23Fabio FernandesGUEST
So it's much closer to the American political system without the electoral college.
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10:18Fabio FernandesGUEST
I think it was just one to two million votes difference, which for Brazilian standards is pretty close.
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10:26Fabio FernandesGUEST
And since the Brazilian election is fully electronic, which means that there's no paper ballots, there's no way for you to check.
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10:34Fabio FernandesGUEST
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.
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10:51Fabio FernandesGUEST
And Bolsonaro kind of, after he lost, he pointed out these flaws, which are...