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Non-political Canadian politics question

#1 Post by Spock » Fri Oct 23, 2015 4:38 pm

Keep running across the phrase that Trudeau wants to scrap "First past the post voting." What does this mean and what is the replacement?
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#2 Post by Bob78164 » Fri Oct 23, 2015 4:43 pm

Spock wrote:Keep running across the phrase that Trudeau wants to scrap "First past the post voting." What does this mean and what is the replacement?
"First past the post" means everyone runs against each other, and whoever gets the most votes (even if only a plurality) wins. I have no idea what Trudeau wants to use, but possible replacements are a jungle primary (such as we use in California) or Australian-style instant runoff ballots. --Bob
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#3 Post by a1mamacat » Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:30 pm

Spock, this is probably the clearest explanation.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/the-pro ... -1.3116754
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#4 Post by Spock » Fri Oct 23, 2015 6:28 pm

a1mamacat wrote:Spock, this is probably the clearest explanation.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/the-pro ... -1.3116754
Thank You, that helps-The explanations I had found were clear as mud.
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