Only cardinals under the age of 80 can vote for the pope.
Because the Pope claims the right to tell Catholics how to vote and what other things they could do.
not if the cardinal reaches his 80th birthday prior to the day the pope dies.
It all depends. Usually, the Bishops will encourage Catholics to vote for pro-life. However, there are the liberal Catholics who tend to vote Democratic. Yet, overall, Catholics tend to vote Republican.
The proceedings of a conclave are secret, including the number of votes received by a candidate.Once a vote has been counted, the old ballots are burned so that they cannot get accidentally mixed in with new ballots from the next vote. And if the vote is the last one, which elects a Pope, then burning the ballots preserves the secrecy of the vote. If a Pope knew how the cardinals voted, that could result in some form of favoritism.
He will be elected by the College of Cardinals. Only cardinals under age 80 may vote in the conclave.
Pope vessel safe vote
The cardinal electors gather in a secret conclave in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican and discuss, deliberate and vote on their choice for a new pope. If a single cardinal receives 2/3 of the votes he is named as the next pope.
A Cardinal doesn't "win" anything, to be selected as the next Pontiff is to accept a perpetual martyrdom for the rest of your life. To become Pope, a majority of 2/3 is needed. That depends on how many cardinals are present in the conclave. The person needs 2/3s of the votes plus one to be chosen as pope.
Popes do not vote. It is the cardinals who elect a pope. Popes are usually dead at the time of an election or retired. In either case they would not be eligible to vote. The cardinals simply vote. After each ballot is cast, the top contenders are then subject to additional ballots until one of them emerges with 2/3 of the vote. If that cardinal accepts the position of pope, he is then declared the new pope.
In the March 2013 conclave, 115 cardinals took part.
We do not know but he needed at least 77 of the 115 cardinals vote