Austria’s American Elections

AUSTRIA’S AMERICAN ELECTIONS

In the first round of the Austrian presidential elections, held on May 4, the candidate of the Socialist Party was Dr. Kurt Steyrer; to the right of him, the People’s Party put up Kurt Waldheim, former Secretary General of the UN; and there were two minor-party candidates: a distinguished-looking lady who tried to rally all those voters disgusted with the big parties, and a patriotic surgeon. In this four-way race, Waldheim got one-third of a percentage point less than the full 50 per cent required for victory, making a second, “decisional” voting between the two main candidates necessary. Thus the unsavory campaign was extended for five more weeks, until June 8.

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AUSTRIA’S AMERICAN ELECTIONS

In the first round of the Austrian presidential elections, held on May 4, the candidate of the Socialist Party was Dr. Kurt Steyrer; to the right of him, the People’s Party put up Kurt Waldheim, former Secretary General of the UN; and there were two minor-party candidates: a distinguished-looking lady who tried to rally all those voters disgusted with the big parties, and a patriotic surgeon. In this four-way race, Waldheim got one-third of a percentage point less than the full 50 per cent required for victory, making a second, “decisional” voting between the two main candidates necessary. Thus the unsavory campaign was extended for five more weeks, until June 8.