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same thing as two parties. Candidate a gets 48 per cent, candidate b gets 52 per cent and wins so 48 per cent don't want him.Vegas » 14 Jun 2026, 11:40 am » wrote: ↑ Some simple math that even @Blackvegetable might understand...well I doubt he will, but the rest of you can get it.
Assume we have three candidates that won the following percentage of votes:
Candidate A: 32%
Candidate B: 30%
Candidate C: 38%
So candidate C wins. But 32% + 30% = 62%. So that means 62% of society didn't want candidate C and only 38% did. That doesn't seem much like a majority rules outcome. Though I understand we don't have a pure democracy, we have a republic. Be that as it may, even as a republic and with an electoral college, the mathematical outcome will always be the same.
I guess no electoral system is perfect.