Voting methods that choose a winner by plurality, by a preferential majority or through intermediate electors, including first past the post, ranked-choice voting and the electoral college. A mechanism belongs here when its cited article describes it as a winner-take-all or indirect method. The group sits under the Electoral Systems and Voting Methods subcategory of the Political Atlas and helps a reader browse that subcategory by the kind of rule each mechanism sets. Each member is placed on the strength of the article it cites, so a reader can follow the grouping back to a stated source.
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First-past-the-post voting (Wikipedia)
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First-past-the-post (FPTP), also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality, is a single-winner voting rule.
Ranked-choice voting (Wikipedia)
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Ranked-choice voting may be used as a synonym for: Ranked voting, a term used for any voting system in which voters are asked to rank candidates in order of preference Instant-runoff voting (IRV), a specific ranked voting system with single-winner districts Single transferable vote (STV), a specific ranked voting system with multi-winner districts; often called "proportional ranked choice voting"
Electoral college (Wikipedia)
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An electoral college is a body of representatives empowered to formally select a candidate for a specific office, most often the head of state.
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