Beaver [she/her]@lemmy.ca to Fairvote Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoWhat is first past the post?www.fairvote.caexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkWhat is first past the post?www.fairvote.caBeaver [she/her]@lemmy.ca to Fairvote Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblinlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoWhat is first past the post? (wrong answers only)
minus-squareLinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoThe first candidate who’s less harmful than having a literal wooden post in office wins (impossible)
minus-squareNik282000@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoI’m still hoping for an AI party. At worst it will just be the average of all politicians.
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoSo all the candidates line up and race to a post and back. The winner leads the country. It’s called first past the post because the person who made it past the post first has always won, so basically the second half of the event is basically moot.
minus-squareZC3rr0r@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThis is veryh much on the nose for western Canada (at least, BC from my experience). By the time we get to vote the winner is already called.
What is first past the post? (wrong answers only)
The first candidate who’s less harmful than having a literal wooden post in office wins (impossible)
I’m still hoping for an AI party. At worst it will just be the average of all politicians.
So all the candidates line up and race to a post and back. The winner leads the country. It’s called first past the post because the person who made it past the post first has always won, so basically the second half of the event is basically moot.
This is veryh much on the nose for western Canada (at least, BC from my experience). By the time we get to vote the winner is already called.