dwazou@jlai.lu to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-222 days agoThanks to the backward First-Past-The-Post voting system, Nigel Farage could obtain an absolute majority in Westminster with only a minority of British votes. cdn.bsky.appexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down13
arrow-up1113arrow-down1external-linkThanks to the backward First-Past-The-Post voting system, Nigel Farage could obtain an absolute majority in Westminster with only a minority of British votes. cdn.bsky.appdwazou@jlai.lu to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-222 days agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareHeartfulBadger@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-217 days agoUnfortunately (in this case), if a party starts to get 30% of the popular vote or somewhere around that, it’s going to start winning seats in FPTP elections.
Unfortunately (in this case), if a party starts to get 30% of the popular vote or somewhere around that, it’s going to start winning seats in FPTP elections.