I get all your points about the subsidy and I 100% agree with your stance on voting strategically. However as someone who doesn’t feel represented by the large parties I have a lot of problems with the subsidy. It feels like it gives the parties that already have an advantage more of an advantage like giving the best team in the league a first round draft pick. How about instead of relying more on large donors, these parties have to rely more on getting out and talking to people, holding town halls and debates rather then ads and busses with their faces on them? I’m not suggesting scrapping the subsidy but rather subsidize parties and candidates that don’t already have a massive infrastructure in place and let the parties that are able to raise huge amounts of cash fend for themselves.
The subsidy DOES rely on support from normal people, it's based on who you vote for. If people want the money to go to a smaller party, then vote for them. That's something voters can do right now, without any changes before election day.
I get all your points about the subsidy and I 100% agree with your stance on voting strategically. However as someone who doesn’t feel represented by the large parties I have a lot of problems with the subsidy. It feels like it gives the parties that already have an advantage more of an advantage like giving the best team in the league a first round draft pick. How about instead of relying more on large donors, these parties have to rely more on getting out and talking to people, holding town halls and debates rather then ads and busses with their faces on them? I’m not suggesting scrapping the subsidy but rather subsidize parties and candidates that don’t already have a massive infrastructure in place and let the parties that are able to raise huge amounts of cash fend for themselves.
The subsidy DOES rely on support from normal people, it's based on who you vote for. If people want the money to go to a smaller party, then vote for them. That's something voters can do right now, without any changes before election day.