How Does the Winner-Take-All System Prevent Third Parties from Being

question 89

Multiple Choice

How does the winner-take-all system prevent third parties from being successful?

• A) The winner-take-all system requires that a candidate or party pay a significant fee to get on the ballot, which third parties cannot afford.
• B) Since a third party would have to win most of the votes in an election, it is unlikely that they will have any representation.
• C) A third party would have to campaign heavily to win a plurality of the vote, and they simply do not have the resources to do that.
• D) In the winner-take-all system, representation is based on the percentage of votes a party receives, which usually goes to one of the two major parties.

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