alt Hacker NewsThe SNP have won a lot of seats through the voting system because the other parties split the non-independence vote. The SNP have never had a majority of votes, even with an overwhelming majority of parliamentary seats.
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ricardo81 • today at 12:50 PM
which voting system? There's one for Holyrood and one for Westminster.
IIRC it's been a long time since anyone has commanded a >50% of the vote share.
It has been quite a long time since a Westminster party has won with a vote share of over 50%, and the SNP vote share at Holyrood is higher than those of parties that win Westminster elections. The Westminster electoral system (nb to non-Brits: all the UK constituent bodies run different voting systems for no good reason) delivers majorities at the cost of legitimacy.