The Spectator

Barometer | 4 February 2016

Elections, US presidential election 2016, Iowa caucuses 2016, Oxford University, University admissions, Golf, Tax

issue 06 February 2016

Ballots drawn

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tossed a coin to decide which of them was the winner in some precincts of Iowa. What would we do if we had a tied election?
— The closest British election in modern times was the council election in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 2011. With Labour needing one more seat to take control of the council, the Labour and Conservative candidates in the ward of Ramsbottom were found to be tied.

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