I always wondered if Madara could have won vote against Hashirama. They essentially came down to the wire and Madara already pre planned an izanagi for the future, if he really wanted to win he could have done what obito did to Konan when they fought, since hashirama passed out. I mean if he did that and killed Hathi I doubt his plans would have came to fruition since tobirama and others would hunt one eye Madara to his death.