KnowraPlurality votingLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Plurality voting, each with the reason it gives.All 9Broader topic 1Related 1Narrower topic 2Compared with 5Majority ruleCompared with: Plurality can select a winner that majority rule would reject.First-past-the-post votingNarrower topic: First-past-the-post is the single-winner, district-based form of plurality voting.MajoritarianismBroader topic: It can produce governing power for candidates supported by less than half the electorate.Arrow's impossibility theoremCompared with: It uses only top rankings rather than producing the complete social ranking required by the theorem.Condorcet paradoxCompared with: It ignores lower rankings, unlike the pairwise comparisons that generate the paradox.Borda countCompared with: It uses only first-place choices, unlike Borda’s use of the full ranking.Duverger's lawNarrower topic: Duverger's law concerns the party-system effects of plurality rules in single-member districts.Voting paradoxRelated: It can elect a candidate opposed by a majority when votes split among alternatives.May's theoremCompared with: With more than two alternatives, plurality is not the same as majority rule.