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Politics : A Real American President: Donald Trump

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To: Woody_Nickels who wrote (340846)3/19/2022 9:32:50 PM
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I'm going to start with the opposite, that it avoids someone winning who has 34% but where the 66% get splintered, and the 34% is sent to a runoff. 34% might be first but has to campaign to get a 50+% total or more.

Many areas look for a majority for a primary winner but sometimes there isn't one in the race for Judge or other contests.

To answer your question, a 44% first round winner of most votes, might not win right away, but RCV then takes out the last place pick or several not in the top five, and reallocates each of those to the voter's second choice, and if needed, the third choice.
Taking out a 7th Rank or 8th Rank or even 6th Rank, will (electronically) make it to >50% for the declared winner.

If it's a close contest, there might be more appeals and scrutiny.
New York made it worse by allowing votes to be received after Election Day.
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