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calpaterson on Dec 18, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: We are the freak show

> * Become an MP even if you lose the popular vote.

That's a misleading way to explain FPTP. I think a better way is: you need to win the most votes, but you're not required to have more than 50% of votes.

walshemj on Dec 18, 2013 [–]

I slightly bemused that some one presumably living in the UK think that we have an electoral college USA style.

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