How would that work if somebody was the candidate for two parties? Do they just combine the vote totals from each party? Or do the parties merge and present one name on the ticket? Talk about the butterfly ballot being confusing, imagine those poor old folks when they see the same guy’s name twice on the same ballot, LOL!
In 1896, Ibelieve it was, Wiliam Jennings Bryan ran for President on the Democrat ticket and the People’s Party ticket — with different running mates.
I always wonderd what would have happened if he had won but his vote had been split in such a way that neither of his VP running mates got a majority.
>>How would that work if somebody was the candidate for two parties? Do they just combine the vote totals from each party? Or do the parties merge and present one name on the ticket? Talk about the butterfly ballot being confusing, imagine those poor old folks when they see the same guy’s name twice on the same ballot, LOL!<<
I know in New York they have multiple candidates and often the same candidate on more than one party’s ticket. I don’t know how that works in the primaries but apparently its simple in the general where you just vote the guy (or girl).