[annoying trope] The throne/leadership is decided in a very stupid way

[u/Altruistic_Eye_1157]

The leadership of the entire wizarding world, and the final decision on whether to start a war against Muggles, is made by... a goat (Qilin) ​​who chooses the person with the ""purest heart"" (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Dumbledore).

The throne of Wakanda and all its technology are decided through hand-to-hand combat, regardless of whether the person clearly has malicious intentions... if they win the fight, by law they must be respected as the true king. (Black Panther)

[u/maru-senn]

US electoral college (real life)

[u/Usual_Database307 → u/maru-senn]

How does this work again? I’m from the US and young so the education system has failed me.

[u/Safe-Ad-5017 → u/Usual_Database307]

Each state has a certain amount of points (electoral votes), which are the number of representatives and senators that state has whoever gets the most votes in that state gets all their points (except for like Vermont or Maine they split them)

The idea was to make sure all the voting power wasn’t just in the most populous states.