Winning an election without winning a county (or precinct)?
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« on: December 02, 2012, 05:15:56 PM »
In a 3 (or more) way race, its theoretically possible for a candidate to win the election without winning a sub-jurisdiction like a county or precinct - by coming in 2nd everywhere while the other candidates split 1st and 3rd places in different jurisdictions.

Does anyone have any examples of this happening in real life?
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« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2012, 05:51:11 PM »
I can think of the 1979 Canadian election, when the Liberals won the NWT with 34% against 32% each for the PCs and NDP, but they didn't win any of the two seats in the territory.
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« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2012, 07:10:44 PM »
Russ Carnahan won the MO-3 primary in 2004 while finishing 2nd in all 4 counties.
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