Voting System Advantages
- Created by: Scott Lindsay
- Created on: 18-11-12 19:29
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- Voting System Advantages
- First Past The Post
- Advantages
- Fair
- Candidate with most votes wins
- Simple and easy to understand
- Voters simply put an x next to the person they want to represent them
- Usually provides a clear result
- Lessens chance of coalition government
- Still possibility of coalition government. Eg 2010 election
- Lessens chance of coalition government
- Fair
- Disadvantages
- Favours larger paries
- Many Votes are wasted
- Any one who does not vote for the majoritys vote gets wasted
- No of seats parliament does not accurately reflect views of votors
- Advantages
- Aditional Member System
- Advantages
- Makes Parliament more proportional
- Greater Incentive to vote
- They believe that there vote will not be watsed
- Gives smaller parties a chance to gain seats
- Eg Green Party
- Advantages
- First Past The Post
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