The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained

Why first past the post is a terrible voting system.
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[Le Polke]

Excuse meh?

[ゼロ ひとりとゆうか]

〒ＺＩＰですか？

勉強して、お金持ちになって、女子にモテモテで、いつか国王にで­もなったとして・・・

やっぱり、ひとりで幸せにはなれないと思う。

「ネット選挙」にしてもマイクロソフト以外に、ウインドウズや富­士通やＩＢＭなどの各社が「Web選挙」等のシステムを提案して­こなかったのも不自然に思う。

さらにストーキングやらスキミングやら、一方の都合で当然のよう­にしてるのは、レイプやスレイブやブレインストーミングが、未だ­に現代的で教育的で、誰にも等しく面白い価値ある産業だと思うか­らなんでしょうね。

フライドチキン用の鶏を育てて殺して食べるより、形成肉を化学合­成したほうが文化的で経済的だと思いますし、また既にそうしてる­と思いますが、ホント変な世の中ですね。

[Anglo-Saxon RedCoat]

This is basically British politics, Labour(Gorilla)... then Conservatives(Leopard)... then Labour etc... blah, Now UKIP(Tiger) come in as they are fed up with the system and feel they represent most voters, however they are close to the Conservatives in the poltical spectrum and take alot of their voters which Labour are happy with, I'm a UKIP supporter and my most hatred party is Labour.... if UKIP don't win the general election this country is ruined.

[Obutyoudidlaugh]

I think i watched your comment in a video some were before? O ya that was just now. thanks for repeating it.

[xavilamo]

In India only if a party has 2/3 majority can it form a new government otherwise coalition governments are formed. This system has its own flaws however. The two party system actually makes governance simpler by removing variability and ensuring stability at the cost of a true democracy.

[kevinsaramayaan]

Actually lions live in Savannahs not jungles.

[Chris Meyer]

False, quite the contrary to your belief. Several states have (through political contracts with the government, such as California) WTA (FPTP) has been implemented by certain states and is of course implemented for the Electoral College and state voting polls. Literally, our national elections for both president and representatives have died down to an illogical two party system, with ineffective third parties, which in the end is only different because of our implementation of the EC.

[macarion]

Each state uses FPTP, and the electoral college itself uses FPTP. This is not an opinion.

[Ben Worth]

Hi CGPGrey,

Are you still planning to release a Single Transferable Vote video?

[Joe Watson]

No, votes go towards deciding where the votes of the state go in the actual election, and different states have different amounts of votes proportional to their population.