What is first past the post? - Fair Vote Canada
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What is first past the post? How does it affect elections in Canada? Learn about our winner-take-all voting system and its problems.
  • @perviouslyiner
    7•4 months ago

    “Can lead to majorities with less than half of the votes”

    UK: elects majority with <34% of the vote.

    • @[email protected]
      5•4 months ago

      So all the candidates line up and race to a post and back. The winner leads the country. It’s called first past the post because the person who made it past the post first has always won, so basically the second half of the event is basically moot.

      • @[email protected]
        1•4 months ago

        This is veryh much on the nose for western Canada (at least, BC from my experience). By the time we get to vote the winner is already called.