Examples of how First-Past-The-Fixed-Post works

The easiest way to understand how the First-Past-The-Fixed-Post voting system works is to follow the examples below. More examples will be added so check back later to see them.

Simplifed comparison with extreme results

Check out this simplifed senerio. A comparison of four different voting systems.

Fruit Examples

Note: In the examples, when I say "second choice votes from (candidate)", what I really mean is the second choice votes from the ballots where the first choice vote was the (candidate).