Report: 125 Primary Winners Didn’t Get a Majority. For 21, Congress Is All But Guaranteed

| Shawn Griffiths | IVN |

A record-number of candidates advanced from the primary election season this year with less than a majority of the vote, according to a new report from FairVote. What’s more, many of them already know they are going to win ahead of November.

"In states and districts across the country, majority rule has been replaced with 'fewest votes wins,'" said FairVote Senior Director of Research and Policy Deb Otis.

FairVote argues that ranked choice voting in primaries would help address the problem by allowing voters to rank candidates in order of preference rather than selecting just one.