October 30, 20244 min readWhen voters decide between two alternatives, as is effectively the case in the U.S. presidential election, it usually comes down to a neck-and-neck race. Researchers can now explain this mathematicallyBy Manon BischoffA ballot drop box in San Francisco. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images.The whole world is eagerly awaiting the U.S. presidential election on November 5, 2024. According to one polling average, in mid-October, around 49 percent of respondents said they would vote for Democrat Kamala Harris and around 47 percent said they would vote for Republican…