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== Weakness ==
 
== Weakness ==
 
There is no minimal amount of deliberation, or any vetting of candidates, such that a [[lobbying]] effort to line up  votes beforehand can have outsized influence on the outcome. The voting bloc of [[Latin American]] cardinals -- at 25% in strength as of 2025 while other regions split their votes -- has controlled the outcome in the two most recent Conclaves.
 
There is no minimal amount of deliberation, or any vetting of candidates, such that a [[lobbying]] effort to line up  votes beforehand can have outsized influence on the outcome. The voting bloc of [[Latin American]] cardinals -- at 25% in strength as of 2025 while other regions split their votes -- has controlled the outcome in the two most recent Conclaves.
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Just four ballots in merely two days: that was the total amount of deliberations and [[praying|prayer]]s that selected heretofore obscure Pope Leo XIV to this position of authority for decades, while lobbying by [[liberal]]s and even non-[[Roman Catholic Church|Catholics]] beforehand with half-truths could have been intense.
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== References ==
 
== References ==
 
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