Georgia's Senate Runoff Election

CNN's Priscilla Thompson says runoff elections in general have deeply racist origins and were designed to keep black candidates out of office. In 1962, the Supreme Court said the system violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. Not all runoff systems are rooted in racism; Maine uses a ranked choice system that effectively if no candidate reaches 50%. But if you look at seven states that hold traditional runoff elections, nobody gets a majority even if they get more than 50% on election day.