Re: elections

From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 09:53:25 MST


From: Doug Jones <random@qnet.com>

>Perzackly. Current practice polarizes the voters in such a way
>that the two-party system stays on top, and the closeness of this
>election will lead to cries of "Nader split the liberal vote and
>caused this mess!" (By that logic, Slick Wille's ascendancy was H.
>Wingnut Perot's fault.)
 
One of the things that caused the elder Bush to miss re-election
was his feud with the NRA. He turned on us, and we turned on him.

>Discover magazine has a *very* timely article on superior means of
>voting at
>http://www.discover.com/nov_00/gthere.html?article=featbestman.h
>tml

This is an excellent article, and has a pointer to a mathmatical
argument in favor of the electoral system that I've yet to digest.

Brian

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