KnowraDuverger's lawLinked fromLinked fromThe 6 pages that link to Duverger's law, each with the reason it gives.All 6Related 6Electoral systemRelated: It describes how winner-take-all rules can narrow party competition.First-past-the-post votingRelated: The incentive to avoid wasted votes can concentrate support in two major parties.GerrymanderingRelated: Explains why single-member districts concentrate gerrymandering's stakes so heavily.Party systemRelated: It explains how electoral rules can encourage particular party-system patterns.Plurality votingRelated: Its party-system prediction describes a major long-run consequence of plurality elections.Ralph NaderRelated: The two-party pressures described by the law help explain the strategic objections to Nader’s campaigns.