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Re: OT: For information only !

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Monday, June 14, 2004, 20:53
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