#fptp

[iwannascreameurekaa]

the time has come I'm revealing my little aftg oc. everyone say hi to Juniper Minyard then say bye because the first chapter of her story titled From Place to Place isn't being posted until monday

thank you to the two people who said they would read this and to my cousin who also said she would read this ( @apieceofchicken @i-think-too-loud @keviniveneverbeenskiingday ) if you don't want to be tagged please tell me !

[ratantics]

How funny it would be if Labour gets rid of the FPTP system because of pressure from Farage and his gammons, but instead of helping them win the next election it actually ends up helping the Greens instead.

Oh how we would laugh and make merry if such a thing were to happen.

[elimgarakdemocrat]

Absolutely hilarious that they're trying to pull this line about an election where the Democrat got 48.77% in the first round against two republicans who combined got 49.08%

Like, guys, do you really think either R would've gotten literally 98.8% of the other R's votes?

[theleftycanadianradical]

Strategic voting is a scam. Liberals are not the Left. Justin Trudeau broke his promise to end FPTP because he wants your strategic votes and then ignores the left when he has a majority.  @allthecanadianpolitics

[ceevee5]

Hugo Weaving would have to shout “Star-MOOOOOORRRR!”

[datarep]

United Kingdom elections use FPTP. A look at what the Scottish seats in the UK Parliament would have been had it been PR instead of FPTP in the 2015 General Election

[folieassdeux]

Students: will your vote be more effective at home or university?

UK students can choose to vote in their home constituency or in their term-time area. Find out where your vote could make most difference

fyi students you can register to vote in both your home and university constituencies! in a general election you can only vote in one place, so use this handy tool to figure out where your vote has more impact - just put your postcodes in and it will tell you which seat is more marginal...

[allthecanadianpolitics]

BC’s Outdated Electoral System is Amplifying the Divide Between Rural and Urban Voters

How BC’s first-past-the-post electoral system leaves rural and urban voters without a voice in the legislature

Do you ever feel like your vote doesn’t count?

Across British Columbia, it’s not uncommon to hear progressive voters in rural areas complain their concerns aren’t represented while some conservative voters say the same thing because they live in an urban areas

That’s one reason British Columbia is currently holding a referendum on whether whether it should keep the current first-past-the-post system, which awards 100% of the power to politicians that receive a minority of votes, or switch to a modern  proportional voting system – used in 80% of industrialized countries around the world, including like Germany, New Zealand and Norway – where parties win seats based on the percentage of votes they receive.

Because BC’s first-past-the-post system is a “winner-take-all” system, political parties have little incentive to reflect the concerns of voters outside the core base they need to win elections, sometimes with as little as one-third of all votes.

Not only is this an unfair system, but it can also exaggerate differences between urban and rural ridings, leaving the false impression that all voters in rural areas lean right while all voters in urban areas lean left.

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