Hughes, Niall (2015) In a multi-party political environment, the First-Past-The-Post electoral system may mitigate polarisation. British Politics and Policy at LSE (29 Apr 2015). Website.
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Abstract
In this post, Niall Hughes argues that FPTP electoral system performs much better in the context of multi-party politics. Crucially, in a general election a voter’s preferred candidate will depend on the results in other constituencies. As a result, when three parties compete in a general election and voters care about national policy, the problem of polarisation under FPTP is mitigated.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2017 13:36 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2024 00:03 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72627 |
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