> When the electorate's preferences is a statistical tie, it doesn't matter who wins I wish this was more front and center in these types of discussions. Imagi

> When the electorate's preferences is a statistical tie, it doesn't matter who wins I wish this was more front and center in these types of discussions. Imagine a race between Alice and Bob. Alice gets 9,500 votes, Bob 9,521 votes. But—due to some controversial rules—10 of Alice's and 40 of Bob's votes are invalidated. Alice wins. This is not a scandal or a problem. The original vote totals were a tie. The new vote totals are also a tie. Essentially a coin flip determined the winner. For purposes of determining who won, 49%===51%. If a candidate is truly wanted by the electorate, then they need to do better than 50% +1 anyway.