The concept of "will of the people" is basically incoherent. "People" have widely varying, often contradictory, preferences for themselves, let alone the rest of the country.
However, suppose we define the "will of the people" as the candidate with the most votes.
A certain percentage of the time, the candidates will be close enough that their vote totals fall within the margin of error of each other. In my opinion, such an election should be considered a statistical tie--either candidate could be reasonably said to reflect the "will of the people".
If that's the case, then it seems to me that selecting the winning candidate by a coin toss seems a reasonable strategy for breaking the tie.
However, suppose we define the "will of the people" as the candidate with the most votes.
A certain percentage of the time, the candidates will be close enough that their vote totals fall within the margin of error of each other. In my opinion, such an election should be considered a statistical tie--either candidate could be reasonably said to reflect the "will of the people".
If that's the case, then it seems to me that selecting the winning candidate by a coin toss seems a reasonable strategy for breaking the tie.