History Fact: In the Roman Republic the citizens voted in a specific order and by groups with the Patricians voting first and the Plebeians voting last. The Patricians and Plebeians generally favored the same candidates. However, in the cases where one candidate was favored by the Patricians and another candidate was favored by the Plebeians there was never a single instance, in the entire history of the Roman Republic, where the Plebeian-favored candidate won the election. The Patrician-favored candidate always won and it is suspected that this was a curious by product of the pre-arranged voting order. Or perhaps, it was by an intentional design?
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William Schaeffer
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