Why FPTP is so strongly defended

It is the POWERS THAT BE that are so strongly determined to keep this current Electoral System. It is the CORRUPTION OF POWER that keeps this system in place. There are 2 reasons that makes this so desirable for the POWERS THAT BE;

1. Achieving close to the 40% of the VOTES is much easier than over 50% of the VOTES. This is attractive to ANY CANDIDATE running for office. One only has to get close to 40% of the VOTES in order to WIN, they do not need to reach 40%, anywhere close is good enough. This is a lot easier than having to receive OVER 50% of the VOTES. THIS SYSTEM IS HEAVILY IN THE CANDIDATES FAVOUR AND THUS THEY NEED TO STRONGLY DEFENDED IT!
2. The system has a SINGLE BALLOT! This means that the ELECTION is ideally suited to NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING. The Candidate focus their Campaign on distancing themselves from their opponents any way they can. They do not need to elaborate on their own reasons for running, just how BAD THEIR OPPONENTS ARE!  With a SINGLE BALLOT there is no concern of ALIENATING THE VOTERS THAT SUPPORT THEIR OPPONENTS. With more than a SINGLE BALLOT, the Candidate cannot afford to ALIENATE their OPPONENT'S SUPPORTERS as they want to be these VOTERS SECOND CHOICE. It makes the Candidates focus more on the reasons why they should be ELECTED.

These are the 2 main reasons why the current FPTP system is so strongly embedded in our Electoral System. It is because of these 2 reasons that we will hear all kinds of excuses, rationals, and reasons why other systems are not realistic. There are other system like the STV and they are used in other DEMOCRACIES IN THE WORLD. The STV is not a complicated system or a Proportional Representative (PR) system, STV just sets the POST that the WINNER needs to reach plus respecting EVERY VOTE.

 STV RESTORES THE POWER OF THE BALLOT BOX!