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Fixing Israel's Broken Link Between Voters and Government
A listener in Jerusalem asks why Israeli politics is stuck on security and Jewish identity while housing, infrastructure, and everyday problems fester. The answer might lie in the country's electoral architecture: a pure party-list system with no geographic representation. This episode examines how Ireland's multi-seat constituencies, Germany's mixed-member proportional system, and Switzerland's direct democracy each solve the tension between national ideological representation and local accountability. We explore the tradeoffs — from Irish clientelism to Germany's ballooning parliament to…
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