Nate Silver: recommendation

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…But would he have had a head-to-head matchup under a normal voting rule? It’s plausible you could. I don’t know, or I guess a traditional run-off wouldn’t be any better, potentially. Fair enough. You also almost had Mamdani wind up winning the first-choice vote. Although in 2021, Eric Adams nearly lost to Catherine Garcia despite being way ahead in the penultimate round, and Garcia nearly was eliminated by Maya Wiley in the round before that. So, it’s more gameable than you might think. Also, it takes a really long time to count the votes and all the tallies. Just yesterday . . . we’re taping this — what is it? July 21st, I think. Three or four weeks after the election, you finally get the official tally of how all the ballots transferred. I’m not being that close, but I think we need it more of a norm in American elections toward counting votes within 24 to 48 hours. Brazil does it, right?…

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