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Meanings of plurality voting system in English
Portuguese
sistema de pluralidade dos votos Catalan
escrutini uninominal majoritari Spanish
sistema electoral mayoritario Electoral system in which each voter may vote for only one candidate, and the candidate who polls the most is elected, regardless of if they receive over half of the vote or not.
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Examples for "winner-take-all"
Examples for "winner-take-all"
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Electoral votes are apportioned state by state, mostly on a winner-take-all basis.
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All 66 delegates in this winner-take-all state went to Governor John Kasich.
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In contrast, most Republican states award their delegates on a winner-take-all basis.
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If you want a you're-on-your-own, winner-take-all society, you should support the Republican ticket.
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For Rose, Atlantic City is an almost-too-perfect metaphor for Trump's zero-sum, winner-take-all philosophy.
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Most members of those assemblies will be chosen by relative majority voting, and will represent geographic constituencies.
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GOVERNORS: State governors will be chosen by relative majority -the winner is the one with the most votes.
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The first serves for the direct election of candidates standing in constituency seats, the winner being determined by a relative majority.
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Moreover-andthis ought to have clinched the matter-theHellenic population formed an absolute as well as a relative majority in the year 1919.
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Not so, Mr. President; look at the relative majorities of the two houses of Congress as they will be after the fourth of March next.
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The debate developed the fact, that any provision for other than a mere plurality vote would be unconstitutional.
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The first amendment provided that a majority instead of a plurality vote should nominate, a provision as unconstitutional as impracticable.
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At issue for Calpers, which is urging a nonbinding proposal, is the plurality vote rule at the iPad and iPhone maker.
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Were a majority or even high percentage plurality vote required to nominate, the Direct Primary law would have been made unconstitutional, because:
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Calpers' non-binding proposal asks Apple to replace its plurality vote rule in uncontested elections, and require election by a majority of total shares.
Usage of plurality voting system in English
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But smaller companies often had a "plurality " voting system where withheld votes cannot stop a candidate from getting re-elected.
Translations for plurality voting system
Portuguese