Author Topic: What About the Popular Vote? (Read 862 times)

Ben · « **on:** February 25, 2017, 03:26:51 PM »

Voting for DNC chair today has gone into overtime because the guy who won the popular vote doesn't have enough votes to win. Huh.

http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2017/02/25/first-ballot-to-elect-next-dncchair-sparks-snarky-confusion-hint-hillary-might-not-laugh/

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #1 on:** February 25, 2017, 07:30:01 PM »

So, they did it the way they want to do it in elections for public office: keep voting until they like the results.

dm1333 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 25, 2017, 07:41:31 PM »

In the first vote Perez got 213.5 votes. Why do they have half votes?

Fly320s · « **Reply #3 on:** February 25, 2017, 08:11:33 PM »

Why do they have half votes?

Women.

dm1333 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 25, 2017, 08:14:05 PM »

Angel Eyes · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2017, 08:51:40 PM »

In the first vote Perez got 213.5 votes. Why do they have half votes?

Yeah, that is a bit of a surprise.

3/5 votes I could understand ...

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