Brenden Bourne
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New Video: Why the UK Election Results are the Worst in History
June 16, 2015 17:01:04
Why the UK Election Results are the Worst in History.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9rGX91rq5I
Discuss this video: http://reddit.com/r/cgpgrey
June 16, 2015 17:01:04
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Chris N And I thought the US was the only one with FPTP. TIL. From a .usian: I'm sorry, folks in the UK. I know what it's like.
June 16, 2015 17:37:26 · Reply
Brenden Bourne It's actually far worse here in the UK, because over here there are 6 parties that now consistently get significant numbers of votes. In the US FPTP somewhat still works, because for the most part there are still only 2 parties that get the vast, vast majority of votes. The most significant problems with the US election system is gerrymandering (for Congress) and the Electoral College (for President).
June 17, 2015 14:14:12 · Reply
Chris N Three times as much choice, major political parties that are actually differentiable. I'm not seeing how it's worse; did I miss something?
June 17, 2015 14:33:58 · Reply
Brenden Bourne Choice means nothing when the system is FPTP and gives the seat to whichever candidate gets the plurality, which is almost never also the majority when you've got more than two or three candidates.
June 17, 2015 14:42:28 · Reply
Robert Was it intentional that this video should be viewable by everyone right now? Your note about "early access" doesn't seem to hold up, since I was able to watch this before I logged in to Patreon. It's also publicly available on your youtube channel. So I'm not really sure what "early access" is supposed to mean, here. Don't get me wrong, though. I'm not *complaining*. I'm just confused.
June 16, 2015 18:14:30 · Reply
Gavin Ayling Yup, just tried the link incognito... Definitely allowed me to view... Weird.
June 16, 2015 18:40:24 · Reply