The UK uses the first-past-the-post system for parliamentary elections. The biggest disadvantage of this system is that it is possible for a party that gets way below 50% of the votes to end up with a massive majority in the House of Commons. For example, at the last general election (in 2005) Blair got 36% of the popular vote and ended up with an overall majority of over 60 seats. In fact, the last general election at which the government actually got 50% of the popular vote was in 1935. As far as I'm concerned the system is an insult to the electors.
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A major flaw in the electoral college system is that a candidate could win the popular vote, but lose the election, due to the number of votes per state. This occurred between Bush and Gore.
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why the United States has only two major parties
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Is this for ple.platoweb.com?If this is for ple.platobweb.comQuestion:The two major political parties in the United States are often accused of oversimplifying in the electoral system. Why would this be seen as a weakness of a two-party system?Answer: All of the aboveIt works. Trust me it doesyea it pretty much helps on plato
Some critics of the way the Electoral College performs its duty on using their votes to elect a US president has often come under fire. They believe that the national popular vote is the better way of doing this. They cite the current system flawed, but many others disagree.
Walter Mondale (Democrat) won only 13 electoral votes in 1984.