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Rhiannon R
Rhiannon May 5, 2017 13:44:38
Replying to thesweetcheat

To disagree with you as I feel I should -

The west of england mayor wasn't exactly FPTP, it involved a count of second choice votes.

which is a tiny bit better (not that it helped in this case)

have you seen the straw-drawing here
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/05/lib-dem-and-tory-candidates-draw-straws-in-northumberland-vote
it decided the colour of the whole council

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 5, 2017 13:50:59
Replying to Rhiannon

Yes, fair point that it wasn't pure FPTP. The result still leaves 3/4 of the voters with the candidate they didn't vote for though.

Maybe if you have to have FPTP it should be the candidate with a minimum of 51%, otherwise you re-run leaving out the candidates with the lowest overall votes.