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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
Is it? The conservatives got 36% of the popular vote... meaning that 64% of voters didn't vote for the Tories last time, either, and of course, that 64% of the population is living under the rule of a government that it didn't vote for. Democracy in action is so awesome.
So... no it's not really how it works at all. I guess you could argue that more people didn't vote for Labour than didn't vote for the Conservatives, and that's "how it works", which is accurate. And ****ing depressing TBH. But again, that's democracy... arguably the least crappy political system we've come up with thus far.
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Oh, some statistics. Nice. Here's a statistic for you: roughly 50% of people eligible to vote didn't even bother to get off their arses and drag themselves to a polling station.
That's depressing.
The candidates who get the most votes wins the seat, and the party that gets the most seats is the winner. You can rub the statistics anyway you like, that's the bottom line.