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« on: February 27, 2023, 03:30:57 PM » |
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How exactly does the requirement that a winning candidate break a certain threshold in a certain number of states work? Is it the case that if two candidates make it to the runoff and one gets more votes, but his opponent has crossed 25% in the required number of states and the top vote-getter hasn't, then the opponent wins? (This strikes me as absurd, but I don't actually know if it's any more absurd than the Electoral College). What if no candidate breaks 25% in enough states -- which seems quite possible in such a regionally polarized country?
How does runoff qualification work? Is it just the top two raw vote-getters, or can a candidate qualify from a lower rank if they've broken 25% in enough states while one of the top vote-getters is very concentrated?
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