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===Marginal seats=== |
===Marginal seats=== |
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Under FPTP the election is for practical purposes only fought in the long-term decreasing number of marginal seats. As the Jenkins report |
Under FPTP the election is for practical purposes only fought in the long-term decreasing number of marginal seats. As the Jenkins report indicted: |
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''"The problem with FPTP is that 70% of the voters are considered by the parties to be either so 'sufficiently saved' or so 'irredeemably damned' as to be safely ignored..."'' |
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Under FPTP many classic bellwether marginals, such as the two Bury seats (and previously the two Prestons) often flip from 2:0 to 0:2, whereas under PR-Squared these would likely become reasonably safe and stable 1:1 for the parties. |
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==Perceptions== |
==Perceptions== |
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