Bloc voting

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Voting system
gptkbp:advantage Simplicity
Easy to administer
Discourages minority candidates
Minority underrepresentation
Potential for landslide results
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Block_voting
gptkbp:category gptkb:Plurality-at-large_voting
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Single_transferable_vote
gptkb:Limited_voting
Cumulative voting
gptkbp:effect Majority group can win all seats
gptkbp:feature No proportionality
Voters can cast one vote per candidate
All votes must be used
Multiple winners
No proportional representation
No ranking of candidates
Voters have as many votes as seats
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bloc voting
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:At-large_election
Plurality voting
Winner-take-all system
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:politics
Local elections
School board elections
Corporate board elections
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Plurality-at-large_voting
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5