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OK, fess up time: I ams till struggling with the implciations of the First Past the Post system on the current elections. Cruising various online tools, there appears to be some tipping point at which, say, a majority vote for Lib Dems turns from simply "more seats but not a commons majority" into "runaway domincation". Is this where the tool has proportionally adjusted the support at each constituency enough that it suddenly wins a rush of seats?
And, can it ever actually happen, that a party has a higher proportion of the vote at a national level than another party, but fails to have a majority of seats? E.g. After polling day, votes cast were Lib Dems 35%, Cons 30%, Labour 30% and Others 5%, but that Lib Dems do not have a majority of seats? If so, how?
And, can it ever actually happen, that a party has a higher proportion of the vote at a national level than another party, but fails to have a majority of seats? E.g. After polling day, votes cast were Lib Dems 35%, Cons 30%, Labour 30% and Others 5%, but that Lib Dems do not have a majority of seats? If so, how?