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Originally Posted by akima
Ah, didn't realize it was just the presidential vote that was weighted by the electoral colleges.
The British system of voting is also pretty weird. I still don't fully understand it. Some how it resulted in there being, kind-of, 2 parties in power from 2010 to 2015 over here. I can't imagine things going well if you guys ended up with both Hillary and Trump in power  |
It's easy enough to understand.
There's multiple parties.
1) If one gets more than 50% they can do what they like. (currently the Conservatives)
2)If nobody gets over 50% then either of the big two can make deals with others to get their support.
That usually gets them over 50% (and the main party can blame the smaller one for anything they do that doesn't sit well with their voters. The smaller one generally gets thrown to the wolves at the next election) (The Conservatives & Lib Dems last time around)
3) A group of the smaller parties can group together & push their way to over 50%... The **** usually hits the fan at this point...
Realistically the 3rd option doesn't happen in the UK because of the size of Labour & the Conservatives, but it does happen elsewhere with similar systems.
If Corbyn keeps going the way he is then this may become a possibility