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Originally Posted by Chris
What is this constant nonsense about safe seats being undemocratic? Everybody in that seat has one vote. If the majority in the seat wish to support the same party time after time, that's their democratic right.
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because the votes for anyone but the winner are discarded instead of been added to the national pool. Thats not democratic. also votes above the winning margin get wasted. 19 million in 2005.
http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/article.php?id=48
http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/article.php?id=54
The fact is under FPTP only the marginal seats are important, there is occasional freak results in what should be safe seats but the marginals is where the campaigning is aimed at and where the leaders focus on. I am curious where your seat is since you defending FPTP.