Thread: 50% of Voters Would Not Vote for Hillary
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Old 04-04-2007
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Re: 50% of Voters Would Not Vote for Hillary
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Originally Posted by SamInTheBurgh View Post
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.
What I was saying is what should be there rather than the fisablity of the idea...

Your second paragraph make no sense because you don't know what single tranfer vote is...
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