Sentences with phrase «electoral system only»

Standing on your head on questions like the electoral system only the day after election defeat would not convince the public.

Therefore, there was no need for a new labor party (because the Democrats had already picked up that program) and because there was no meaningful way for such a movement to grow (because the U.S. electoral system only supports two large parties).

Not exact matches

So after the pro-democracy legislators in Hong Kong's Legislative Council (Legco) voted down Beijing's proposal to replace the former British colony's undemocratic electoral system with another equally undemocratic version, the only thing we should expect is that this is not the end of the story.

The main one is that USA has what's known as «First Past The Post» electoral system (which is an academic way of saying, you can only vote for one candidate and whichever candidate gets most votes, wins).

The United States electoral system provides an incentive for only two parties to exist (see this question).

Indeed, I am not only worried but I'm also very concerned over the setback to our electoral system, and speaking generally in the best tradition of our legal profession, not being specific on matters before any court, the implication of some of the tribunals outcome intended to shoot down the use of the card reader as some of my fellow lawyers involved in petition matters are determined to achieve is worrisome.

Given that the Tories went backwards, we need to remember not only our electoral system, but also the quarter of the electorate Goodhart labels «inbetweeners.»

@Chloe - they DO side with GOP or Democrats, not out of some deep ideological intricacies of Nolan Chart, but out of the first - past - the - post electoral system enforcing the dominance of only 2 parties.

There are only two systems in the United States to allocate electoral college electors, and both involve voters picking only one candidate pair (President / Vice-President).

The system with 225 local single - member districts elected by a first - past - the - post electoral system (highest vote wins) offers much room for manipulation, use of administrative resources and pressure, extortion, vote buying and putting only one candidate on the ballot in some districts.

Not only does the electoral system work against us, making the whole election contingent on a handful of swing voters in marginal constituencies, but the rightwing media get to call all the shots.

This suggests that the party might achieve the kind of levels of popular support it normally only wins in European elections, even without the benefit of a PR electoral system.

This has been shown in many countries, Italy being the most recent and obvious example with their horribly fractured system induced by the only electoral system I think is worse than FPTP changing because Berlusconi created a new system, primarily to benefit himself.

Surely the only realistic compromise would be a fully independent review of the electoral system (borrowing from the British Columbia experience), the result of which would automatically go to a referendum?

In the meantime, to those Tom Harris charcaters in the Labour party who want to present electoral reform as an issue of relevance only to bourgeois liberal Guardian - readers (like me), I say: how dare you oppose a system that — on the evidence of Soskice and Iversen's study — is better for social spending and economic equality?

Data from British Election Study panel surveys shows that the main problem UKIP has faced in translating its success from European Parliament elections to general elections has been retaining voters, whether because some UKIP voters only vote UKIP at European Parliament elections in protest and the return to their «normal» party for general elections or because the nature of the British electoral system incentivises voters to cast their vote for one of the existing main parties rather than a new entrant.

As it currently stands, the electoral system really only has room for two parties — as the Lib Dems, Greens and UKIP know to their cost.

Such figures are only estimates because there's no guarantee that people would vote the same way under a different electoral system.

When the UK was given the opportunity to adopt a proportional representation electoral system in the 2011, it was notable only for the lack of enthusiasm from voters.

The only way out of this deadlock is to reform the electoral system.

In Westminster's current electoral system, AWS are the most — and arguably the only — effective way that women's representation has been boosted in recent years.

[41] Much of the apparent lack of success resulted from the first - past - the - post electoral system: the party got 22 % of the votes nationally but only 10 % of the seats in the Commons.

«It would not only be wrong, it would be an outrage to try to secure a change to the electoral system for tactical party advantage,» he added.

A: There is a real anomaly in the way Scottish MPs vote on English matters - but it is only one of countless anomalies in our electoral system, and they all need to be addressed together as part of a new constitutional settlement.

At present not every party is represented on every committee, when there may be only 12 members, and this would not change whether DPR Voting or any other electoral system is used to elect the lower House.

Under our first - past - the - post electoral system... you can only win if you are a broad church political party, and for the Labour Party you have to take in everyone from the left to the centre - left.

Thanks to the anomalies of the electoral system, assuming the Lib Dems poll around 15 %, the Conservatives will need a 7 % lead over Labour to secure a majority, while Labour need muster only a 1 % margin.

Labour seat level estimates in most of the poll analyses I have carried out in the years leading up to the recent general election were quite stark, highlighting the fact that our PR - STV electoral system is proportional but only to a limited extent.

Our electoral system encourages voters to choose only those they think stand a chance.

In Gallup polls since 1944, only about 20 % of the public has supported the current system of awarding all of a state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each separate state (with about 70 % opposed and about 10 % undecided).

Is there a special designation for a electoral system where only those that meet special standards can vote?

Under our first - past - the - post electoral system, the SNP will win a raft of seats where only a minority of voters want to leave the United Kingdom.

As Douglas W. Rae points out in the standard reference work The Political Consequences of Electoral Laws, majoritarian electoral systems are extremely rare for multi-seat legislatures, only being well established in Australia, and for second round voting in some French elections.

Re-elected Green Party MP Caroline Lucas agreed, saying «The political system in this country is broken -LSB-...] It's ever clearer tonight that the time for electoral reform is long overdue, and it's only proportional representation that will deliver a Parliament that is truly legitimate and better reflects the people it is meant to represent.»

The electoral system in this country makes the main difference between us and the USA, they vote for their leader we only get to choose the party they come from and have no control over who sits at the top.

According to the analysis in the Telegraph, an eighteen point lead would only translate into a relatively modest majority of fifty seats, which highlights the extent to which the electoral system currently works against the Conservatives.

Cortland / Ithaca Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton says she supports a recount of national election results — if only to restore trust in the electoral system.

Not only does it differ from the rest of the United Kingdom through having it's own party system, but it also uses its own electoral system.

Noticeably this article barely mentioned the south and south west — the only sensible approach is to support a change in the electoral system.

51 per cent of the population said they were «unhappy with the current electoral system and want it to change» compared to only 28 per cent who want to keep FPTP.

I think it is honorable that they have attempted to add further integrity to their electoral system using the Ethereum blockchain, but it only solves this one issue.