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FPTP can be thought of as a [[Condorcet method]] where only a voter's 1st choice candidate among all candidates can receive votes in [[Head-to-head matchup|head-to-head matchups]]; in this formulation, the [[Smith set]] always contains the candidates who are tied for having the most votes. |
FPTP can be thought of as a [[Condorcet method]] where only a voter's 1st choice candidate among all candidates can receive votes in [[Head-to-head matchup|head-to-head matchups]]; in this formulation, the [[Smith set]] always contains the candidates who are tied for having the most votes. |
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Many voting reform advocates would prefer to replace FPTP with a [[Proportional representation]] voting method. |
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Note that [[Asset voting]] can be thought of as a way to modify FPTP to better reflect voters' wishes, because it allows voters who are unrepresented by the FPTP winner to form majority coalitions for their preferred candidate among the losers. In effect, instead of voters being forced to group behind only two candidates whatsoever, Asset allows voters to do this, and then if they dislike the winner of the top two, they can recombine behind other candidates in new [[Head-to-head matchup]]<nowiki/>s. |
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