Plurality means getting more votes than any other candidate. Majority is receiving more than 50% of the votes cast. Illinois has four U.S. Representative elections with more than five candidates for each party. That means the winner could receive less than 20% of the cast votes and be declared the winner. In primary elections, Donald Trump never won a majority. He won a plurality caused by his devoted disciples.
“Ranked-choice voting” is well explained on websites with illustrations. A voter ranks the candidates as first choice, second choice, etc.
Ranked-choice voting is a great democratic system for elections having many candidates, because the majority of voters must have chosen the winner as acceptable.
Robert Kleps
Oak Park
