Modern voting technology allows for a proven solution that would help elect consensus winners in a single election: ranked choice voting. Ranked choice voting is literally as easy as 1, 2, 3. Voters have the freedom to rank as many candidates as they want in order of preference, from first to last. A candidate with a majority of first choices wins, just like in any other election. But, if nobody has a majority, you hold an "instant runoff" in order to compare the top two candidates head-to-head. Candidates in last place are eliminated, and their backers' votes are counted for their next choice. When it's down to two, the winner earns a majority of the vote.