First-past-the-post voting
In this kind of election, the winner who gets most of votes wins the election. The first past the vote election system has an added advamtage of promoting stability. the winner often enters into a coalition with one of the competitors after the vote. However, it is agreed upon that the election leads to legitimacy concerns as the winner could be determined by a small part of the population, in case several competitors were involved.
she doesn't care about other's feelings
This can be proven from her action after telling nick that tom has a woman in new York. as soon as Tom and Daisy appear, she make a rude remark with "tense gaiety," addressed toward daisy. This indicates that she doesn't really care about other's feelings.
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After England won the wars, new taxes were made to pay for the debt from the wars.