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- From: tom@uts.cc.wayne.edu (Thomas Richard Stevenson)
- Subject: Re: Clinton wins in LANDSLIDE
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.153631.175@uts.cc.wayne.edu>
- Organization: Wayne State Univ.
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:36:31 GMT
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- jtinkle@sparc1.sparc1.csubak.edu (j. tinkle ) writes:
-
- >MY QUESTIONS IN THIS POST ARE OPEN TO ANYONE, NOT JUST BRIAN.
- >In article <1992Nov5.085041.13736@henson.cc.wwu.edu> n9041679@henson.cc.wwu.edu
- > (brian h. harper) writes:
- >>Top 2 IF NO ONE GETS A MAJORITY. You're assuming that the top 2 will always
- >>be Republican or Democrat. Bad assumption. The main reason to switch is so
- >>that there will be an end to "strategic voting". People who supported Perot
- >>could have voted for him without fear of having their vote "wasted".
-
- >This is interesting. Just out of curiosity, if we didn't have an electoral
- >college, then how long do you think the standoff
- >between three parties could go on? Would it be 34% of the vote is majority,
- >and when the third party is out make it 50% for the remaining two? What
- >would we do for a President if we went for months without electing anyone by
- >majority vote?
-
- I think you miss the point. The "standoff" would be at very most 1 extra
- election, and then only if the top vote getter didn't get 50% of the vote.
- If it did go to a second election, only the top two vote getters would be
- running, so one of them would get at least 50% of the votes. This was all
- explained in previous postings, but was not reflected in the above posting,
- which might explain your confustion.
-
- >>Many polls have shown that Perot would have gotten much more support had
- >>people thought he could win.
- >In light of this, who do you think would have won a majority?
-
- I can't speak for anyone buy myself, but I still think that President-Elect
- Clinton would have won (This even though I voted for Bush).
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