first past the post
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Noun[edit]
first past the post (uncountable)
- A voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer.
- Synonym: FPTP
- 2023 August 7, Nesrine Malik, “British people are kinder and less divided than politicians give us credit for”, in The Guardian[1]:
- In our two-party system, that aloofness and hostility is partly a result of a first-past-the-post electoral system that worships the wedge, with each party terrified that one issue might catch fire and swing marginal seats away from victory.
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voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer
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