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In fact there is single word in English which is need not to be borrow, it is '''most'''.<ref name="Webster Dictionary">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/most</ref> This word although can mean "the majority of" it also means "greatest in amount or degree". It is possibly just to attempt to deceiving the foreign opinions using instead '''most''' the word '''plurality''' which means in first instance "large number of things" but not "largest".<ref name="Webster Dictionary">http://beta.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority</ref>. The systems called proudly Plurality/Majoritarian should be called simply Single-Winner Systems. However it works in opposite to principles of democracy giving majority government to one of two biggest parties supported in reality only by 30-38% of electorate. Moreover, electors are limited to two options against or for past governing party. |
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⚫ | However in North America (i.e. in Canada and US - not Mexico) , '''plurality voting''' or '''relative majority'''<ref name="Fowler1965"/> describes the circumstance when a candidate polls more votes than any other candidate, but does not receive a majority.<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plurality</ref> In some elections, the winner may have only a plurality.<ref name="Robert">{{Cite parl|title = RONR|edition = 11th|year = 2011|pages = 404-405}}(RONR)</ref> A relative majority may be less than half of the total votes, and contrasts with an absolute (or "simple") [[majority]] which is more than half.<ref name="Fowler1965"/><ref>{{Cite parl|title = ronr|pages = 400}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#4|title = Frequently Asked Questions about RONR (Question 4)|date = |accessdate = |website = The Official Robert's Rules of Order Web Site|publisher = The Robert's Rules Association|last = |first = }}</ref> |
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Systems allowing election by a plurality of votes are more vulnerable the [[spoiler effect]] than systems which require a majority.<ref>Poundstone, William (2008). ''Gaming the vote: why elections aren't fair (and what we can do about it).'' Hill and Wang. ISBN 978-0-8090-4893-9.</ref> |
Systems allowing election by a plurality of votes are more vulnerable the [[spoiler effect]] than systems which require a majority.<ref>Poundstone, William (2008). ''Gaming the vote: why elections aren't fair (and what we can do about it).'' Hill and Wang. ISBN 978-0-8090-4893-9.</ref> |
Revision as of 21:15, 29 December 2015
In fact there is single word in English which is need not to be borrow, it is most.[1] This word although can mean "the majority of" it also means "greatest in amount or degree". It is possibly just to attempt to deceiving the foreign opinions using instead most the word plurality which means in first instance "large number of things" but not "largest".[1]. The systems called proudly Plurality/Majoritarian should be called simply Single-Winner Systems. However it works in opposite to principles of democracy giving majority government to one of two biggest parties supported in reality only by 30-38% of electorate. Moreover, electors are limited to two options against or for past governing party.
However in North America (i.e. in Canada and US - not Mexico) , plurality voting or relative majority[2] describes the circumstance when a candidate polls more votes than any other candidate, but does not receive a majority.[3] In some elections, the winner may have only a plurality.[4] A relative majority may be less than half of the total votes, and contrasts with an absolute (or "simple") majority which is more than half.[2][5][6]
Systems allowing election by a plurality of votes are more vulnerable the spoiler effect than systems which require a majority.[7]
The term plurality has a different meaning in British usage. The distinction between American and British English is described by Fowler (1965) as follows:
- "With three-cornered contests as common as they now are, we may have occasion to find a convenient single word for what we used to call an absolute majority... In America the word majority itself has that meaning while a poll greater than that of any other candidate, but less than half the votes cast is called a plurality. It might be useful to borrow this distinction..."[8] In United Kingdom constituency elections, which typically feature four or more candidates representing major parties, a plurality is sometimes called a majority or a relative majority, while the phrases overall majority or absolute majority are used to describe the support of more than one half of votes cast.[2]
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References
- ^ a b http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/most Cite error: The named reference "Webster Dictionary" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c Henry Watson Fowler suggested in 1954: "With three-cornered contests as common as they now are, we may have occasion to find a convenient single word for what we used to call an absolute majority ... In America the word majority itself has that meaning while a poll greater than that of any other candidate, but less than half the votes cast, is called a plurality. It might be useful to borrow this distinction ..." (Fowler, H. W., A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, Oxford University Press, 1965.)
- ^ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plurality
- ^ Robert, Henry M. (2011). Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th ed., p. 404-405 (RONR)
- ^ RONR, p. 400
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions about RONR (Question 4)". The Official Robert's Rules of Order Web Site. The Robert's Rules Association.
- ^ Poundstone, William (2008). Gaming the vote: why elections aren't fair (and what we can do about it). Hill and Wang. ISBN 978-0-8090-4893-9.
- ^ Fowler, H.W. 1965 A Dictionary of Modern English Usage.