Sentences with phrase «post electoral»

This state of affairs makes it very easy for politicians to spin their messages toward a targeted minority few in search of just enough votes to win in our first - past - the - post electoral system.

«There's a generation of young British Columbians who feel profoundly betrayed and disenfranchised by Mr. Trudeau on climate change, Trans Mountain and his commitment to ending the first - past - the - post electoral system.

You can join the campaign to stop the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline, the campaign to stop the TPP, and the campaign to reform Canada's first - past - the - post electoral system.

For the Liberal Democrats and others, including a surprising number of Labour ministers, the key is an end to the first - past - the - post electoral system.

Because of the UK's First Past The Post electoral system, some voters come to wield far more influence than others.

RT @PJDunleavy: The First - Past - the - Post electoral system is breaking up the UK http://t.co/tb7xIv8CJK cc @peplobera

Where the problem begins is when supporters of Britain's First Past the Post electoral system attempt to claim that introducing proportional representation necessarily means breaking that link.

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RT @Usherwood: The First - Past - the - Post electoral system is breaking up the UK http://t.co/UMg8FqtUN8 good piece

A well - known feature of Britain's First Past the Post electoral system that it divides the country into safe and marginal constituencies.

RT @democraticaudit: In Britain's first past the post electoral system, some votes are worth 22 times more than others http://t.co/C5fq1vn…

In Britain's first past the post electoral system some votes are worth 22 times more than others Democratic Audit UK http://t.co/a6b1Npkz01

With the fragmentation of the party system, combined with the First Past the Post electoral system, this election will be less of a national election, and more a complex series of local battles.

Carl Cullinane explains how, because of the UK's First Past The Post electoral system, some voters come to wield far more influence than others.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have welcomed the proposals set out in the government consultation, but have criticised the decision to allow local government to maintain the broken First Past the Post electoral system.

The First Past The Post electoral system exacerbates divisions between the different parts of Britain, adding to pressures that could break the union, with Thursday's General Election potentially hastening this process.

Under the first past the post electoral system, many Labour votes were «wasted» as part of large majorities for MPs in safe seats rather than into holding onto marginal seats.

Later on, the 1993 general election saw the New Zealand Labour Party's vote split by The Alliance, which has been attributed to the vagaries of the first past the post electoral system.

I am stomach - wrenchingly sick of MPs defending the nobility of MPs in the process of backing the first past the post electoral system.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown battles Labour backbenchers and Conservative «cynicism» in an attempt to replace the current first - past - the - post electoral voting system.

This time — with the important caveat set out below — the more people who vote Liberal Democrat on 6 May, the greater the chance that this will be Britain's last general election under a first - past - the - post electoral system which is wholly unsuited to the political needs of a grown - up 21st - century democracy.

However, there is an obvious gap in the White Paper as it stands - the very reason why a majority of people think their views are not represented, and one of the barriers to greater diversity of candidates for local elections: our First - Past - the - Post electoral system.

However, the First - Past - The - Post electoral system (AND in addition, electoral college as noted in Affable Geek's excellent answer here) in US makes any party outside Republicans / Democrats to be largely not viable as far as practical electability.

If the UK were to introduce a quota system for the House of Commons these challenges may be particularly acute, given the First Past The Post electoral system it operates.

But the quirks of the much - maligned first - past - the - post electoral system means that their presence will barely be felt in the Commons.

The SDP turned out to be an electoral dead end, largely due to Britain's first past the post electoral system that works against new parties.

«I've been saying for some time that it would be the first - past - the - post electoral system that would be the absolute loser from this election.

In part this difference is due to a classic First Past The Post electoral system effect, but Labour managed to get 19 % of the seats on 20 % of the vote, and the LibDems got 14 % of the seats on 13 % of the vote among the BBC keywards.

The 45 % Yes vote is sufficient in a first - past - the post electoral system for the SNP to dominate, whilst the «No» vote is split between all the unionist parties.

Marina Hyde contemplates the prospect of a Conservative victory — and the question of whether the blame would be the first past the post electoral system or voter apathy.

The one non-negotiable was some kind of commitment to get rid of Britain's First Past The Post electoral system.

Our tried - and - tested First Past the Post electoral system now faces an unprecedented level of scrutiny from all angles, much of which is, at best, misinformed.

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.

«Whilst I accept that I can not survey the post electoral scene and say with any certainty that a Labour Party led by Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper or Liz Kendall will win the next election, I think I can say with absolute certainty that a Corbyn - Tom Watson led Labour Party will not.

This is mostly determined by the first - past - the - post electoral system.

The Rosatellum used an additional member system, which act as a mixed system, with 36 % of seats allocated using a first past the post electoral system and 64 % using a proportional method, with one round of voting.

Since the first - past - the - post electoral system is employed, the governing party often enjoys a large majority in the Commons, and there is often little need to compromise with other parties.

The lesson of the SDP's damp squib start is that Britain's first - past - the - post electoral system is very unforgiving for small parties.

While the First Past the Post electoral system may be disproportionate and antiquated, Jamie Stanley of the None of the Above campaign argues that a more pressing matter is introducing a -LSB-...]

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.

Britain's First Past the Post electoral system is thoroughly out of place for the society in which we now live.

But Britain's First Past the Post the electoral system does not just result in national inequities.

In this article, Carl Cullinane explains how, because of the UK's First Past The Post electoral system, some voters come to wield far more influence than others.

Cameron is a passionate believer in the first - past - the - post electoral system.

To repeat, that's according to a breakdown of local government results, which of course were conducted under the single transferable vote rather than first past the post electoral system.

Yet when I raised the subject this week in an editorial piece for the Huffington Post electoral reformers like Katie Ghose of the Electoral Reform Society, vilify me for raising the subject and object to me taking part in the debate.

Given how the First Past The Post electoral system works, concentrated support can translate into huge gains in seats (the PCs came third in the popular vote — in fact, they almost came second — but a distant fifth by seat count, which is all that matters).

[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.

And although the SDP did not become a threat in the long - run, thanks to a combination of residual loyalty to Labour and the First Past the Post electoral system, its short term impact was catastrophic.

England's local councillors are elected under a First Past the Post electoral system with multi-member wards.