At 01:21 AM 12/2/00 -0500, Yanni wrote:
>Actually Darryl, we are a democracy in name only. We've got the whole
>electoral college crap, remember? And it's not much of a democracy when
>you only ever have 2 choices. It may be <i>called</i> a democracy, but
>is it really?
But there were far more than 2 candidates! By my count: Bush, Gore,
McCain, Bradley, Forbes all had very realistic shots. You could also toss
in people like Buchanan, Nader, Kasich, L. Dole, etc. who were certainly
*serious* about running, but did not have broad-based support.
At some point, I think any effective electoral system will pose a choice
between two alternatives. Otherwise you end up with the possibility of
Candidate C winning, while at the same time being the last choice of a
majority of the people.
JDG
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