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Winner(s) take(s) (it) all may refer to:


Competition, economics and politics

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Winner-takes-all voting A majoritarian electoral system is an electoral system where the candidate with the most votes takes the seat using the winner-takes-all principle and in this way provides majoritarian representation. However, there are many electoral systems c ...
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Winner-take-all (computing) Winner-take-all is a computational principle applied in computational models of neural networks by which neurons compete with each other for activation. In the classical form, only the neuron with the highest activation stays active while all othe ...
* Winner-take-all market


Books


Fiction

* ''Winner Takes All'' (novel), a BBC Books Doctor Who novel * "Winner Take All" (short story), a Sailor Steve Costigan story by Robert E. Howard


Nonfiction

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Winner-Take-All Politics ''Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer—and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class'' is a book by political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson. In it the authors argue that contrary to conventional wisdom, the d ...
'', by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson * ''The Winner-Take-All Society'', by economist Robert Frank * '' Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World'' by Anand Giridharadas


Film

* ''Winner Takes All'' (1918 film), directed by Elmer Clifton * ''Winner Take All'' (1924 film), directed by W. S. Van Dyke * ''Winner Take All'' (1932 film), starring James Cagney * ''Winner Take All'' (1939 film), starring Tony Martin * ''Winner Take All'', a 1975 made-for-TV film starring
Shirley Jones Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as '' Oklahoma!'' (1955), ''Carousel'' (1956), and ''The M ...
and Laurence Luckinbill * ''Winner Takes All'' (1982 film), directed by Wong Jing * ''Winners Take All'' (film), a 1987 film directed by Fritz Kiersch * ''Winner Takes All'' (2000 film), directed by Clifton Ko * ''Winner Takes All'' (2004 film), short film directed by Helen M. Grace


Television

* ''Winner Takes All'' (game show), on the ITV network from 1975 to 1988, and on Challenge TV from 1997 * ''Winner Take All'' (game show), a 1940s and early '50s American game show * "Winners Take All", the tenth episode of the fifth season of the sitcom ''Murphy Brown'' * "Winner Take All", the ninth episode of the second season of ''Teen Titans''


Music

* ''Winner Take All'', 1998, by The Turbo A.C.'s * ''Winner Takes All'' (album), 1979, by The Isley Brothers * "
The Winner Takes It All "The Winner Takes It All" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the first single from the group's seventh studio album, '' Super Trouper'' (1980), it is a ballad in the key of G-flat major, reflecting on the end of a relatio ...
", 1980, by ABBA * "Winner Takes It All" (Sammy Hagar song), 1987, from the film ''Over the Top'' * ''Winners Take All'' (album) by Quiet Riot * "Winners Take All", a song from the Quiet Riot album ''
Condition Critical ''Condition Critical'' is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. Released in 1984, it was not nearly as successful as its predecessor (1983's ''Metal Health'') in either fan reaction or sales. It was also given an infam ...
'' * "Winners Take All", a song from the Aesop Rock EP ''
Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives ''Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives'' is an EP by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock. Released via the Definitive Jux label on February 22, 2005, the record is produced by Blockhead and Aesop Rock himself, with the former producing three tracks ...
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See also

* Kill the Winner hypothesis alternative to "Winner takes all" for population growth in microbes {{disambig