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First past the post voting distorted British election

3 pointsby joker3over 5 years ago

3 comments

core-questionsover 5 years ago
Isn&#x27;t it disingenuous to say that an election which proceeded according to the laws of the country, without any vote-counting scandal, is a &quot;distortion&quot;? This from the same people who like to say that the Electoral College is a distortion, as well?<p>If you don&#x27;t like the result, it doesn&#x27;t mean the system is broken. It might even mean that the system is doing exactly what it was designed to do.
rvzover 5 years ago
Well, this is going to get flagged pretty quickly since this orange site will suppress all debate due to it being &#x27;off topic&#x27; and would most certainly keep the echo-chamber quiet of having an opinion.<p>In terms of this baseless claim from the New York Times about possible distortion in the election due to first past the post, there was a reason people were told to vote tactically to stop the one from getting a majority and the result was made clear regardless of that. Proportional Representation (PR) would still result in the Brexit Party winning anyway. So would that be a &#x27;distortion&#x27; even under a different system?<p>Do they believe that the previous elections were also distorted, given that they were under FPTP? I can sense that this was written by those who cannot accept the result of a democratic process.
everybodyknowsover 5 years ago
Actual title of the linked article is &quot;The UK Election Explained, In One Number&quot;.