In any other election, be it homecoming queen, president of the PTA, block mother, local, state, and even Congress and Senate....the most votes wins. You count the votes and the person with the most wins. Scoreboard. Simple.
Except for the moronic electoral college presidential election. Arguably the most important election we have is an electoral clusterfvck. The electoral college is like deciding a football game by which team gets the most first downs.