Re: OT: For information only !

On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 09:25:31PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> Mark J. Reed wrote:
> >USA elections are precisely the same way.  If nobody gets
> >a simple majority of the votes the first round, there is a "run-off"
> >election between the candidates with the two greatest totals; you can't
> >win with a simple plurality.   However, given that we effectively have a
> >two-party system here, one of the candidates from those parties usually
> >does get the majority in the first round, obviating the run-off.
> >
> >
>
> Methought that if the President didn't get more than 50% of the
> electoral vote, it went to Congress.  Or am I wrong?
No, you're right, but presidential elections are somewhat wonky and
special-cased.  The run-off rule applies to most, if not all, other
elections, at the federal, state, and local levels.

-Mark