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To: Lake Living

What happens in the run off (if there is one) if the votes are still just as close as of right now?
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Then there will be a “Plurality” Winner. Whoever gets the most votes between the two candidates.


70 posted on 06/04/2014 7:37:59 AM PDT by Din Maker (Susana Martinez in 2016. Governor, Conservative, Female and Hispanic)
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To: Din Maker

Which by definition would have to be a majority winner as well. When there are two candidates, the one with more votes must necessarily have a majority of voters. That’s the point of the runoff system.


150 posted on 06/05/2014 10:22:40 AM PDT by stremba
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