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"Those are the rules for democracy, so he is the legitimately elected president." Absolutely according to the rules in force in the USA. Other countries have d

"Those are the rules for democracy, so he is the legitimately elected president." Absolutely according to the rules in force in the USA. Other countries have different rules, and I don't think that there is some set of unique 'best rules' for this. UK tomorrow many of us are voting for the mayors of 'combined authorities'. The voting paper has two columns for each candidate and you get to state a first preference and a second preference - they call it the supplimentary voting system https://www.wmcaelects.co.uk/frequently-asked-questions/ https://www.wmcaelects.co.uk/frequently-asked-questions/ It will be 'interesting' to see how this one works in an election that noone especially wanted and that traditionally has a very low turnout - but at least we are trying different approaches.

keithpeter 9y ago
"Conservative Mr Street took 216,280 votes to Mr Simon's 210,259. He won by 3,766 votes after second preferences of those who opted for other candidates were counted. Mr Street said it was the start of a "new, urban Conservative agenda". Overall, 26% of eligible voters chose a candidate with most people staying away from the polling stations on Thursday." [1] So, the man has a majority of less than 2% in an election where just a tad over one quarter of those eligible actually voted. He is in charge of a unitary authority where most of the constituent authorities have Labour administrations. What kind of mandate do you think this chap has? [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39817224 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39817224