if whoever gets the most votes then he/she should win. its just that simple. seems very democratic to me. if i got 10 votes and you got 9 votes, i should win.....right?
Lets say this year they had an exceptional 3rd party candidate and this year Biden got 33% of the vote and Trump got 33% of the vote and Candidate C got 34% of the vote.
Candidate C wins even though 66% of the population doesn't want them
If there was an exceptional 4th party candidate, less than 34% could win it all.