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Originally Posted by CowboyTed
So nothing can be decided until the candidates are choosen. If they are dudes for some reason or other then the possblity of a third could come...
America should allow a single transferable vote in that case. It is very undemocratic if some could win with over 60% voters hating your guts
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What do you mean "American should allow" it. You think we can just change the whole electoral process on a whim because a strong third candidate enters the race? The Constitution would have to be ratified and that takes years.
A candidate has to win a majority of electoral votes to win the presidency. That is 270. If there was a strong third party candidate and none of the them were able to hit 270 then the House of Representatives chooses the President and the Senate chooses the Vice-President.