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FPTP means representatives not accountable

  • Tom Monto
  • Nov 4, 2020
  • 1 min read

An anti-pro-rep pundit wrote recently under FPTP "The winning candidate is accountable to electors into the next election."

Under FPTP, many representatives are elected with only the support of a minority of the voters in the district.


If someone was elected by a minority of the votes, how is he or she accountable to the voters in the next election?

He or she will be re-elected just as long as he or she has support of the largest single group. The sentiment of even a majority of the voters may not have any effect.

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