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[Sci-Am] Why Are Close Elections So Common?

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2024-11-12, 07:16

Why Are Close Elections So Common?

When voters decide between two alternatives, as is effectively the case in the U.S. presidential election, it usually comes down to a neck-and-neck race. Researchers can now explain this mathematically

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