Members of Congress are elected in single-member districts according to the first-past-the-post (FPTP) principle, meaning that the candidate with the plurality of votes is the winner of the congressional seat. The losing party or parties win no representation at all. The first-past-the-post election tends to produce a small number of major parties, perhaps just two, a principle known in political science as Duverger's Law. Smaller parties are trampled in first-past-the-post elections.
Hot-dipped galvanized nails not used in a nail gun are usually very distinctive. Often they have clumps of zinc on the shaft or the coating of zinc is somewhat uneven on some of the nails. You may even discover small ingots of zinc in the box or nail container.he point is, hot-dipped galvanized nails will do the job for 99% of the houses out there. I'd only specify stainless roofing nails if I lived at or close to the ocean. Hot-dipped galvanized nails can last well over 100 years in non-oceanic climates.
Bonderized steel is actually Galvanized steel that has been put through a phosphate bath and has a layer of Chromate applied and dried. The process produces a dull gray colored finish which provides for a good primer in order to be painted.