vanidian1@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoYSK that the First-Past-The-Post voting system allows a political party to gain an absolute majority with only a minority of the voteslemmy.worldimagemessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1383arrow-down1imageYSK that the First-Past-The-Post voting system allows a political party to gain an absolute majority with only a minority of the voteslemmy.worldvanidian1@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square38linkfedilinkfile-text
Most european countries use 2 round elections or proportional representation. In Britain, they use First-Past-The-Post.
minus-squarerealitista@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoThe UK voter seems to be roughly as well informed as the US voter.
The UK voter seems to be roughly as well informed as the US voter.
There are striking similarities.