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> And winning a plurality is winning the vote, in almost all electoral systems Presidential systems with runoffs are very popular. A plurality is useless there
by light_hue_1 2y ago
> And winning a plurality is winning the vote, in almost all electoral systems
Presidential systems with runoffs are very popular. A plurality is useless there, you win with a majority.
- tsimionescu 2y agoEven then, both the candidate who wins the plurality and the runner-up make it to the next step of the election, so in some sense they (both) still won the (first step) of the election. Regardless, the USA has no such runoffs at any level in the electoral process, so it doesn't seem like this standard should be applied here.