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Why Your Vote Doesn't Count
CGP Grey · Mar 9, 2011 · 6m 31s
What this video covers
CGP Grey explains first-past-the-post voting and why it pushes elections toward two dominant parties. It is the first in his series on electoral systems.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN's go-to explainer for why FPTP leads to a two-party system, linked in countless voting-reform and US politics threads.
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Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“I highly recommend the following CGP Grey video for further detail about the problems of First Past the Post voting”
“C.G.P. Grey has an entire series on why our voting system forces a two-party system.”
“I've always found this video a good explanation of the problems of our voting system”