vanillee@lemmy.worldBanned from community to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days ago2024 UK election results under different electoral systemslemmy.worldimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down14
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minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoVery misleading. There is no way to know the results of STV from the results taken under the current system without actually carrying out an STV election. We would expect to see many more votes for third-parties under such a system.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoThey used YouGov polling to fill out the missing data (though they do acknowledge the limitations, including tactical voting) https://electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-news-and-research/publications/a-system-out-of-step-the-2024-general-election @[email protected] since you asked about this in your comment
Very misleading. There is no way to know the results of STV from the results taken under the current system without actually carrying out an STV election. We would expect to see many more votes for third-parties under such a system.
They used YouGov polling to fill out the missing data (though they do acknowledge the limitations, including tactical voting) https://electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-news-and-research/publications/a-system-out-of-step-the-2024-general-election
@[email protected] since you asked about this in your comment