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> Subject: [EM] plurality isn't so bad
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> I know it contradicts a core assumption of many
> members of this group, but plurality winners aren't
> always so terrible. Some presidents who have b
Mention of Vito caught my eye - seems he was involved in an electoral
puzzle:
Minor parties in New York are protected by law against invasion by
major party candidates. If someone wants to be a candidate for a party
they are not enrolled in, it is not enough that voters sign their
petitions - par
Lincolnhmmm.He was an incredibly polarizing figure at the time he was elected. The southern states were so angry he got elected that they seceded from the union as a direct result. Over the next 4 years half a million people died.
There was obviously a lot more to the civil war than that one
I know it contradicts a core assumption of many
members of this group, but plurality winners aren't
always so terrible. Some presidents who have been
elected with only a plurality of the US popular votes
were among our best presidents, while some who were
elected with huge majorities were among ou
