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To: Captain Peter Blood

The final nail was the fact that in 1860 the Demons split their party into three factions and ran three candidates allowing Lincoln to win with a plurality of the popular vote.


66 posted on 11/20/2018 2:32:53 PM PST by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: arrogantsob
The final nail was the fact that in 1860 the Demons split their party into three factions and ran three candidates allowing Lincoln to win with a plurality of the popular vote.

Since the election of Clinton, I realized that a system in which no one wins greater than 50% of the election will leave no clear mandate.

Since the election of Clinton, I have believed we need a national runoff election to make sure no plurality candidate forms a government which will be resented by too many people.

It isn't really consent of the governed when you have less than 50%. It's triumph of the bungled process.

139 posted on 11/21/2018 5:43:25 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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