[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote- Let me try to clarify what I meant in the previous message. First, here is a definition.
Primary w/Runoff: Elected candidate shall receive 50% plus one or more of the votes cast. If more than two people are nominated, a run-off shall occur between the two people who receive the most votes in the first round of voting if in that round one person does not receive 50% plus one or more of the votes cast. ---- D- Times are rough and tough (like in 1932). With many candidates what are the odds that Hitler and Stalin type folks will be the top 2 ??? The standard 3 choice example to blast IRV --- 34 HWS 33 SWH 16 WSH 16 WHS 99 With IRV W loses. H beat S 50-49. H Hitler, S Stalin, W Washington The top 2 runoff primary is used now in 9 States (mainly southern States that used to be de facto one party Democratic).
