RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
January 5, 2013 at 12:04 pm
(January 5, 2013 at 10:32 am)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: I would just like to ad, that from a European point of view this looks crazed.No, popular vote should only determine the presidency when there are two candidates. That is the only circumstance when popular vote is a fair method of determining a winner.
The popular vote should determin the presidency.
With more than two candidates, a person can still win the Presidency with less than 50% of the popular vote. For example, if two candidates got 30% of the vote each, and the third candidate got 40%.