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From: Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Pushing on a piece of string
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On Jan 8, 9:38=A0pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
> > Are all US Senate (and other?) races based on the British "first past
> > the post" system? What a shame if that is the case.
>
> You _may_ find the following article interesting:

You're right, I might have.

> http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/37213339.html?pag...
> orhttp://tinyurl.com/a9f6sc
>
> ... and you haven't explained why it is "a shame" ...

Its a shame, ie, its unfortunate, disappointing, less than ideal etc.
First past the post is a silly system. Proportional Representation is
slightly less silly.