To counteract the growing size of the German #Bundestag, the coalition parties found what they call a compromise for electoral reform. What they seem to neglect is that there is more to electoral systems than size. A thread (1/9) #Wahlrechtsreform The problem: A mixed-member proportional system with strong proportionality at the Land level: parties can win larger numbers of seats in SMDs than they deserve according to the proportional party list votes, to maintain proportionality all parties get additional seats (2/9)