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> This isn't realistic as ties don't happen in practice in elections, and some party will end up representing it. Ties happen from time to time. Here's one I c
by toast0 4mo ago
> This isn't realistic as ties don't happen in practice in elections, and some party will end up representing it.
Ties happen from time to time. Here's one I could find [1], and I recall one that I can't find maybe a decade ago in coastal northern california that they resolved by throwing dice.
[1] https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/dec/4/election-tie-blue-lake-will-be-resolved-random-nam/ https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/dec/4/election-tie-blue-la...
- gs17 4mo agoI think it wasn't so much that ties aren't possible, but that ties don't mean "no one wins". If you make one district safe and three districts are a coin toss between your two rivals, one of them has much more power than you in the end.