BTW, I never understood where the term first past the post comes from. It
doesn't seem very descriptive. Anyone have any insight into this?
No insight.
But not only is FPTP not very descriptive, it seems actually
misleading. It implies there is some concrete goal to reach. But in
plurality
Rob Brown Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:40 PM
BTW, I never understood where the term first past the post
comes from. It doesn't seem very descriptive.
Anyone have any insight into this?
You have obviously never seen a horse race! First past the post (the winning post!)
is a
that Plurality is
First-Past-the-Post since it is what most of us have to put up with.
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I always thought the term would have been more descriptive of approval
voting. To go with the Olympic sprint analogy, each runner has his or
her own lane to run in. The presence of slower runners has no bearing
on the length of the race or on the amount of time it takes for the
winner to reach
