runoff election
Second-round ballot
A runoff election occurs when no candidate wins a majority in the initial vote.
The top two finishers face each other in a second election to determine a clear winner.
Common in primary elections and jurisdictions requiring majority rather than plurality victories: The race is headed to a runoff.
Often shortened to simply runoff.
- second roundCompetition's subsequent phase
- primaryChief in importance
- ballotVoting document
- votingFormally registering a choice
- get out the voteEffort to boost turnout
early voting · mail-in ballot · tiebreaker · too close to call · down to the wire · plurality · majority · polls · election night · candidates · December · Georgia · recount · turnout · voter fatigue · special election · overtime · decisive
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- French PoliticsNational Assembly, French politics, French president, deputy, senator
- election disputescontested results, recount, recounts, vote recount, vote recounts
- presidencyOval Office, president, Washington, executive branch, veto
- primariesprimary election, primary elections, primaries, open primaries, primary ballot
- NYC Governmentmayor, city council, comptroller, public advocate, city clerk