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Old 07-21-2004, 01:07 AM   #5 (permalink)
hammer4all
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Originally posted by Journeyman
So if 45% vote Candidate A, 40% vote candidate B, and then 15% vote Candidate C, and 66% of those that voted Candidate C voted second choice as Candidate B, then an extra 10% goes to Candidate B, giving him/her 50%, beating out Candidate A.
No, actually, I think Candidate B would need to be the second choice for 66.666666...% + 1 of Candidate C's supporters in order to win.
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