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In response to "Madrid won the first round of voting (slightly) over Rio -- (link)" by ty97

wow - Madrid only got 4 of the 40 votes that came up for grabs after the first and second rounds

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Oct 2 '09, 10:34

Hooray for preferential voting systems!

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So, basically, many IOC members wanted Chicago out of the way early so Rio would win. -- nm - BB Oct 2, 10:38 4
- I doubt it. What I suspect happened is that (broadly) the Asian countries lined up behind Tokyo, the Europeans behind Madrid, the Latin Americans - Roger More Oct 2, 10:43 3
  - To your IM: The same committee rated Rio dead last. - ty97 Oct 2, 10:46 1
    - Yep - this is a good point -- nm - Roger More Oct 2, 10:52
  - for countries, read 'delegates' -- nm - Roger More Oct 2, 10:44
Tokyo actually lost two votes from Round 1 to Round 2 -- nm - ty97 Oct 2, 10:38
Screw you, Samaranch! -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 10:36

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