In 1770, Jean-Charles de Borda raised objection to the opinion, then generally held, that "in an election by ballot the plurality of voices indicates the will of the ...

Ranked choice voting is different from “plurality voting,” in which the candidate who gets the most votes wins, even if they ...

Observers expect a different tone from the leader who talked about "American carnage" as he started his first term.

also known as instant-runoff voting, allows voters to rank multiple candidates in numerical order of preference rather than just choosing one (as they would in the more common plurality voting ...

Political polarization is one of the greatest threats to our system today, and replacing our current plurality voting with RCV will facilitate the emergence of third parties by eliminating wasted ...

At the same time, Congress discussed shifting from a majority-vote system to a plurality. That meant a winner could be picked even if he - they were all men back then - did not win half the vote.

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