"It comes down to figuring out how many extra votes you can get for what kind of move."

As a result they would have received thousands of extra votes especially in constituencies with a high student population.

Anything higher than two percent will be awarded an extra vote.

The last winner will receive an extra vote at the next elimination.

Still say the right things and you might pick a couple of extra votes.

The extra vote would give the coalition time to lobby for amendments to some of the new rules.

"It looks like all the extra votes against Obama will be coming from red states he lost anyway!"

They'd just make enough extra votes for what they needed to win.

But the tenements are much more than a source of extra votes.

"I started asking questions about where all these extra votes came from."