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by dkjaudyeqooe 1274 days ago
OP is using the term loosely, but the issue is with FPTP a candidate can win with one vote over 1/n percent of the vote. So if there are 10 candidates the winner need only 10% of the vote plus 1 vote to win.

That's an impoverished version of democracy.
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Tycho 1274 days ago
Scaling effects matter. In practice there are many parties but most of the votes go to two of them.
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dkjaudyeqooe 1274 days ago
And so the big parties have a disproportionate advantage. That's why there's no push from either of them to change the system and why it ends up essentially being a scam for the big parties.
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Tycho 1272 days ago
The big parties continually moderate their positions so that about half the population wants to vote for them.
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