Carolyn Tolbert
Appearances
Short Wave
Elections Are One Big Math Problem
But you also have the option to fill in one for your second choice candidate and your third choice candidate. We constantly rank things in our head, what shows we're going to watch, where we want to travel. what we want to eat. It's not complex. So this is Carolyn Tolbert.
Short Wave
Elections Are One Big Math Problem
And that's what Carolyn says most Americans want. So what it does is if a candidate doesn't come out with 50% or plus one, then the candidate with the least votes is removed. And their second place votes are counted and added to the tallies. So at that point, if a candidate has 50% plus one, they're the winner. If not, then the next candidate with the lowest amount of votes is removed.
Short Wave
Elections Are One Big Math Problem
And we found statistical evidence both among the candidates who were running and among the voters that they perceived these elections as having less negativity. Right. I mean—