Duverger's Law
politicalnotes.org
In political science, Duverger’s law holds that single-ballot plurality-rule elections (such as first past the post) structured within single-member districts tend to favor a two-party system.
  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    5 days ago

    Cool, now I can really strut my stuff. Whenever someone comments “first past the post is bad” or “2-party systems suck” I can reply “Duverger’s law!”