That makes sense to me and I had not really though about it in that way. That said, and I have not clue as to where to find the data, of if such data even exists, I would love to see if under a racked voting structure once might have predicted the results that did emerge.
I think some of your concern about lacking a genuine majority hangs on how people understand the different voting processes. I think most in Congress would actually get the implication of the rank voting and see the winner as actually having majority support.
But the observation that if the Speaker cannot be effective then the type of “business continuity plan” I was waving my hand at probably would not improve anything.
That makes sense to me and I had not really though about it in that way. That said, and I have not clue as to where to find the data, of if such data even exists, I would love to see if under a racked voting structure once might have predicted the results that did emerge.
I think some of your concern about lacking a genuine majority hangs on how people understand the different voting processes. I think most in Congress would actually get the implication of the rank voting and see the winner as actually having majority support.
But the observation that if the Speaker cannot be effective then the type of “business continuity plan” I was waving my hand at probably would not improve anything.