winner takes all
Adjective
Meaning
winner takes all (not comparable)
Alternative form of winner-take-all
winner-takes-all (not comparable)
Alternative form of winner-take-all.
Alternative names
winner-takes-all
Synonyms
Examples
He suggested there were two reasons why winner-takes-all systems leads to a two-party system.
Already, some are arguing for a Swiss-style con-federal system to replace the current winner-takes-all system, which many believe has become dangerously tribalised.
League leaders Sunbury, winners by five wickets at relegated Beddington at the weekend, host second-placed Reigate Priory tomorrow in a winner-takes-all final day clash.
In contrast, a voting system that allows only a single winner for each possible legislative seat is sometimes termed a plurality voting system or single-winner voting system and is usually described under the heading of a winner-takes-all arrangement.
Like the UK and Canada, India has a winner-takes-all system.
The winner-takes-all election system opened a wide gap between winners, who got all the patronage, and losers, who got none.