One round presidential elections sucks

[rob in cal]

   I think the Chile example is the most dramatic.  If it had gone to a runoff, a pretty good chance of an Alessandri victory, and no coup three years later.

[rob in cal]

  Alessandri would have needed just a little over half of the voters of Tomic, the Christian Democratic candidate.  Not saying this would have happened for sure, but I've always thought Alessandri would have had a good chance doing so, especially if the electorate was focused on just him vs Allende.