We also manage to carry the term across to political elections, where our electoral system is referred to as 'first past the post'. Basically, the one with the most votes wins, regardless of whether or not he has a majority in his constituency. This means someone could have a majority in Parliament having only won say 40% of the votes in the constituencies making up that majority. Who needs proportional representation when you've already got such an equitable system (heavy sarcasm - e)??

I wonder if whoever came up with the term was a racing man?