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Do you have a specific example where this scenario played out?
by winstonewert 6y ago
Do you have a specific example where this scenario played out?
- area_man_2 6y agoThis happened in the 2016 Washington State Treasurer election https://ballotpedia.org/Washington_Treasurer_election,_2016 https://ballotpedia.org/Washington_Treasurer_election,_2016 Duane Davidson (R) won against Michael Waite (R) after 3 democrats split the vote in the primary: Republican Duane Davidson 25.09% 322,374 Republican Michael Waite 23.33% 299,766 Democratic Marko Liias 20.36% 261,633 Democratic John Paul Comerford 17.97% 230,904 Democratic Alec Fisken 13.24% 170,117
- hef19898 6y agoWell that raises the question why there were 3 Dems to begin with.
- winstonewert 6y agoI'm not sure any of the alternative systems would have actually given a different result. Yes, the democrats have a majority of the vote, but transfer of support between members of a party is never perfect.
- Frondo 6y agoI'm also not sure if this is enough of a problem to try to solve preemptively, if there's one example from four years ago from a state-level election. If outcomes in general are better, I'll take the risk that they're occasionally worse.