JDG wrote:
>
>At some point, I think any effective electoral system will pose a choice
>between two alternatives. Otherwise you end up with the possibility of
>Candidate C winning, while at the same time being the last choice of a
>majority of the people.
>
And how does the majority of the people really have any weight in an
electoral college system? If there were three candidates, the winner
would be the one with most votes from the E.C, wouldn't he? Or is it
required to have 50% of the votes of the E.C.?
BTW, a horrible phenomenon happened in Bolivia, during the 80s.
They had democratic elections, but if no one got 50% of the votes,
the president would be elected by the an electoral congress, that
was created based on the votes for the pr election. And, what
happened twice, was that the *2nd* allied with the *3rd*, and the
*3rd* was elected President!
Of course this changed after the second disaster...
Alberto Monteiro
