A "plurality vote" means that the person or option with the most votes wins. It's like a race where the winner is the one who gets the highest number of votes, even if they don't have more than half of the votes.
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The spoiler effect is a problem in plurality voting systems because they enable a candidate to win with less than half of the vote. (en.wikipedia.org)
As user4012 has pointed out, the use of plurality voting in most election has led to a rigid two - party system. (politics.stackexchange.com)
Vote splitting most easily occurs in plurality voting because the ballots don't gather any information about the secondary preferences of the voters. (en.wikipedia.org)