[EL] Egyptian presidential election: top two primary?

[Dan Meek]

OK, then it appears to me that the election just concluded in Egypt was a top-two first round election quite similar to the top-two first round elections held in Louisiana, in Washington in 2010, and upcoming in California.  It does not matter to me whether they are called "primaries."

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On 5/28/2012 9:02 PM, Jon Roland wrote: The only event that could 
properly be called a "top two primary" would be the first phase of an 
election confined to the members of a party, with a run-off in the next 
phase. The so-called "top two" system used in California is not a 
"primary", a term only properly applied to a party nomination process. A 
non-partisan election event that qualifies the candidates for a second 
round is not a party nomination process. It is the first round of a 
non-partisan election in two rounds. That makes the first round part of 
a general election, no mater what some might try to call it.

The election in Egypt is not any kind of primary. The parties had their 
own election processes.

-- Jon

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Dan Meek wrote:

It appears to me that the election just concluded in Egypt was a top-two primary for President.  As Richard Winger notes, news reports are that the 2 most radical of the 13 candidates allowed on the ballot won.  How could that be, since top-two primaries result in winning by moderates?  It appears that the top 2 candidates each won about 25% of the vote, respectively, although official results are not available until tomorrow.

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