The US elects candidates via first-past-the-post. If Dudley Dorite gets 51% of the vote, he wins a seat. Which means his platform needs to be boring enough to appeal to the majority. Most European countries elect parties. If the Fizzy Whizbanger party gets 5% of the vote, they get 5% of the seats. The party then picks which candidates fill those seats. Multiple parties then "form a [coalition] government" to achieve a voting majority in that country's parliament. This is why Europe has right wing parties - even if they only have a sliver of the vote, they can still get a few seats.
The US elects candidates via first-past-the-post. If Dudley Dorite gets 51% of the vote, he wins a seat. Which means his platform needs to be boring enough to appeal to the majority. Most European countries elect parties. If the Fizzy Whizbanger party gets 5% of the vote, they get 5% of the seats. The party then picks which candidates fill those seats. Multiple parties then "form a [coalition] government" to achieve a voting majority in that country's parliament. This is why Europe has right wing parties - even if they only have a sliver of the vote, they can still get a few seats.
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