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2 party system- structural
US:
the governing party has always been democrat or republican
2024 election the vote share was almost 50 50 between Democrats and republicans
UK:
dominated by conservatives and labour
in 2019 election labour and cons combined secured over 90% of the seats in the House of Commons
fptp- structural
us:
2020 Biden won 306 electoral votes and trump won 232 despite Biden only winning the popular vote by 4.5%- shows how 2 major parties are favoured and smaller parties unable to secure votes 0.5% for green
uk:
- 2019 election conservatives recieved 43% of th vote but 56% seats, labour won 32% vote and 31% of the seats. smallet parties like lib dems won 1.7% seats with 11% of the vote
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