Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No worries Auntie Mimi. I'm sorry you've been > getting poor information from the right wing > media. LOL! Excuse fisk-like response. > In AV to win a seat you have to have been > supported by at least 50% of the electorate (a > majority). Got that! > In FPTP if you have, say, 8 candidates, you could > get in by being voted for by as few as 15% of the > electorate (you only need to have more votes than > any of the other candidates). And that! > The BNP know they're never going to get votes from > as much as 50% of the population, but they know > they might be able to get 20%. Okaaaaay(ish) > For this reason, the BNP want FPTP. hmmmmm > If you don't want the BNP, don't vote the way the > BNP want you to. Now THAT sounds logical! I think I am just going to have to trust you on this. Thank you, nephew H.