The negative aspects of FPTP does not really apply to electing a single person for a signle job (like a mayor).
The problem is when electing many persons for "the same job", i.e. parliament. (because so many voters in every FPTP district become un-represented, the winner-takes-all aspect)
For mayors, presidents, etc one assures, at a minimum, a 50% support by run-offs (?), first having many candidates, if nobody gets 50% votes, the two with the most go to the final. (this also often eliminates extremists
and favors cooperation around the moderate center)
That is, was it a two-stage, first multi-candidate, then two-candidtae eletion??
(however, if the parliament-elections are FPTP, run-offs pretty much lose the meaning they
have in PR, multi-party systems) |
