| 词汇 | first-past-the-post |
| 释义 | first-past-the-post adjective UKuk /ˌfɜːst.pɑːst.ðəˈpəʊst/ us /ˌfɝːst.pæst.ðəˈpoʊst/ using a voting system in which a person is elected because they get more votes than anyone else in the area that they want to represent（选举体制）得票最多者当选的 Compare proportional representation Elections absentee absentee ballot absentee vote absentee voter absentee voting enfranchisement entrance poll exit poll flip franchise proxy proxy vote proxy voter proxy voting psephologist voting voting booth voting machine voting slip whistle-stop Examples of first-past-the-postfirst-past-the-post For regional council elections, where women have fared very poorly, a first-past-the-post or winner-take-all method is used. Many scholars continued implicitly to accept the contention that accommodation is the optimal strategy for out-parties in a two-party, first-past-the-post system. The former is used in a first-past-the-post contest to elect a constituency representative; the latter is a party list ballot. Regional council elections are held every six years under a first-past-the-post electoral system. The fear was that first-past-the-post elections would underrepresent minorities in each parliament. That is one of the strange ways in which the first-past-the-post system has worked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In that situation, the first-past-the-post system did not have any effect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why do they not now see that we need to turn our attentions to our 19th century first-past-the-post system of elections? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I speak as someone who received 74 more votes than my nearest competitor, which gives me a direct interest in first-past-the-post elections. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would give a total of 118 members elected on a first-past-the-post basis, to which could be added 11 list members. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has also fallen victim to the first-past-the-post illusion that 43 per cent is a majority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As he said, the first-past-the-post system will clearly not produce a spread of opinion within the party affiliations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe that any genuine proportional system is better than the first-past-the-post system but that some proportional systems are better than others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had the first-past-the-post system for decades but turnout has fallen significantly only during the past few years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is obvious that next year we shall be having an election in this country on the basis of the first-past-the-post system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of first-past-the-post These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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