Quote Originally Posted by az city View Post
Suppose there are 5 issues of concern to me (immigration, the NHS, sovereignty etc) for which I have pro- and anti- stances. There are 2 to the power 5 combinations = 32. Thus there would need to be 32 different options to reflect everyone's position accurately in an election. How many seats had 32 candidates? ...

I give you your new AM "Mr Spoiled Ballot". My point stands - UKIP are over-represented.
Key point being 'best represents'. Nobody is going to agree with everything a party says, but you can choose then that you agree most with.

UKIP had 14% of the vote (roughly) and returned 7AMs. If anything, they're under-represented