It is unlikely that the government withholds socialism from a socialist people because even if the people benefit from socialism the government will benefit more. Socialism is better for no one than the government. So then we can assume that democracy (giving the people a voice) tends to work against socialism because the interests of the voters will be less aligned with socialism than those of the state. The state tends to be more socialist than the people which is why democracy is liberating and communists generally oppose democracy.
Liberal voters have an interest in increasing democracy where it is suppressed because of course voters want more democracy by definition. The opportunity to refuse something even if it is the government is always welcome and so voters like democracy. But (from above) democracy tends to be more liberating than non-democracy so voters are more liberal than the government. Given this fact it is more liberal to have as much democracy as possible which means the rejection of the first-past-the-post system in favour of pr.
Proportional representation is more liberal and since voters are liberal (compared to the government) then pr is good for the voters.
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