the borda count is highly vulnerable to a form of strategic nomination called "teaming" or "cloning". this means that when more candidates run with similar ideologies, the probability of one of those candidates winning increases. therefore, under the borda count, it is to a faction's advantage to run as many candidates in that faction as they can. for example, even in a single-seat election, it would be to the advantage of a political party to stand as many candidates as possible in an election. in this respect, the borda count differs from many other single-winner systems, such as the 'first past the post' plurality system, in which a political faction is disadvantaged by running too many candidates. under systems such as plurality, 'splitting' a party's vote in this way can lead to the spoiler effect, which harms the chances of any of a faction's candidates being elected.