I hope de Gondi or someone else can tell me that my interpretation is wrong... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
And this is the problem. If the difference is only 1% it all comes down to each region. If the difference is 2% is very unlikely that the majortiy of the seats would go to Berlusconi no matter what because the end of the tail of the distribution would benefit the left.
A pleasure I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude
This is different in the House of Deputies where a party within a coalition must have atleast 2% on national level.
