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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

A handful of undecided House races will determine whether Republicans take full control of Congress. It is too soon to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Liberty Street medians outside the Savannah Civic Center were host to signs of the times Tuesday as early voting ... first-day record was 136,000 in 2020, according to another post on X by Sterling.

With 2,539 additional ballots counted, the Humboldt County Elections Office provides an update on the canvass process which ensures every vote is accurately verified and included. The Humboldt County ...