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In a few places Americans have run off elections if no candidate gets a MAJORITY of the whole vote
The founders clearly understood the absolute majority concept.
How Different would the US be.
Obviously smaller parties would not be as disadvantaged as in OTL.
How different woudl 1824 have been ( I am assuming the electoral college exists but that there could be second ballots in states where no candidate won half the votes cast.
I understand that Lincoln won more than half the votes in enough states to win in 1860 whilst of course polling almost no votes in the south