Concept information
Preferred term
winner-take-all
Definition
- Winner-take-all is an electoral system (used generally in the United States and Canada) in which a winning candidate receives a majority of votes at the general election. The United States inherited the majority election system from Great Britain, where the process for parliamentary elections is termed first past the post. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Winner-Take-All]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/winner-take-all
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