A referendum in 2011 saw UK voters reject the idea of replacing First Past The Post with the Alternative Voting system. Sign up to the Front Page newsletter for free: Your essential guide to the ...

Minority of the vote: In most constituencies more people (in total) vote against the winning candidate than for them. Sometimes an MP can be elected on a vote as low as only 35%, a minority ...

but our antiquated first past the post (FPTP) system is no longer fit for purpose and contributes to some people feeling that there is no point in voting. So I believe that we need to move forward ...

First-past-the-post voting, which awards elections to the candidate who commands a plurality, encourages a two-party duopoly.

Despite a few attempts by politicians to abandon it, the proportional representation system has stayed the course in Ireland ...

commonly known as first past the post (FPTP), as used in general elections. Each council will continue to use this method ...

Usually, increasing the minimum wage is a guaranteed winner at the ballot box. Since 1998, states have considered 24 ballot ...

While Britain's first-past-the-post voting system means Reform's popularity will not be reflected in the Commons, the Tories "should, frankly, be terrified", wrote Andrew Marr for The New ...

Duverger demonstrated that election outcomes and party systems are determined by electoral institutions and how the votes are tallied. First-past-the-post electoral systems, like in the U.S ...

In 2015, UKIP won 12.6% of the vote, but that returned only one MP. The two largest parties - the Conservatives and Labour - both back first-past-the-post. They argue the system is simple and well ...

The swing states that took the longest in 2020 and could again be slow this year: Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada. If the ...

More than 300,000 Georgians cast a ballot Tuesday for the November election, the first day of early voting, doubling the state’s Day 1 record. On Wednesday, there were no signs that the pace was ...