[ImJustAnotherOkie]

There will be no reform until some form of runoff occurs. The system was doomed after Ross Perot screwed up and got Clinton elected with 47%.

[ItsForTheChildren]

Don't forget John B. Anderson in 1980 who got 6.6% of the vote (5.7 million). Had the election not been between The Great Communicator and The Worst President Ever Until Barak Obama those 5.7 million votes might have gotten us Jimmy Carter's second term. Now isn't that scary?

I agree, we need a run-off system. No one should become president with less than 50% of the vote.

[newgeezer]

There will be no reform until some form of runoff occurs.

Agreed.

If I knew no one could win with less than a majority, I would vote for a third-party conservative without hesitation.

But, everyone knows a runoff would be "too expensive."

We can throw billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars down bottomless entitlement rat holes every day for decades on end. But, suggest taking 1% of that money to fund a runoff election? That would be RACIST, right? /s