If candidates with the fewest votes are dropped first, does that mean the supporters of the weakest candidates get extra clout?
No. The supporters of the most popular candidates determine which candidates advance and which candidates are eliminated. Once the weakest candidates are eliminated, every voter has a single equal vote that can count for the final contenders. . . meaning everyone has an equal voice in deciding the election. After a candidate is eliminated in each round, ALL the ballots are counted again (less those ballots that are exhausted because they no longer have a continuing candidate ranked on the ballot).
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