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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
I wonder what British politics would look like if we had the land mass of the US with highly populated and "wealthy" coastal areas and an hinterland that is more agricultural, sparsely populated and much "wilder" than anything in the UK. (Given other factors remain similar - monarchy, historic development etc.)
What I never get in US politics is the cost of running. Imagine if they reduced the cost to a smallish deposit, limited spending on TV advertising and so on and also limited campaigning and collecting funds to a brief election period.
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The Electoral College also distorts things as does having each state - irrespective of size - return two senators. American politics would also look very different if California didn't have the same representation as North Dakota.
How would the UK look under an equivalent system? It would reduce London's influence.
The other thing is we're too small to support multiple media ecosystems, at least offline, so we can't be too alienated from each other. Most British people are frequently exposed to each other and have common experiences and cultural reference points. As much as we like to mock each other and play up differences most of us aren't so dissimilar in terms of culture that we can't relate to each other and that reduces the ability for too much division.