== Monty Hall Problem in Politics / Elections == 

 Can showing you that one of the three candidates in a tight race is a loser make you change or question your vote? 

 I happen to believe that people love to feel included by voting for the popular candidate. 

 Let's say people were given a choice to vote for three candidates A B C.  After the election, you find out that one of the candidates was a loser and the two candidates were so close that a special runoff election was required.  Would you be more likely to be with the majority by switching your vote on the runoff? 

 Consider this election ..  

 Dino Rossi (R) and Christine O. Gregoire (D) in 2004 ran one of the tightest governor races in history.  Christine Gregoire won by a mere 129 votes.      

 The Republicans wanted a runoff election to solve the inaccuracies. 

 Do party affiliations play in this problem?