Forest wrote in part: Suppose the system were CW, and the preferences were as follows 40% Gore>Nader>Bush>Buchanan 20% Nader>Gore>Bush>Buchanan 10% Bush>Nader>Buchanan>Gore 20% Bush>Buchanan>Nader>Gore 5% Bush>Gore>Buchanan>Nader 5% Buchanan>Bush>Nader>Gore Nader beats Gore 55% to 45% . Nader beats Bush 60% to 40% Nader beats Buchanan 70% to 30% --- D- What happens on a YES/NO vote for each choice ??? -- since rankings are *relative* and NOT absolute. Do ANY of the choices get majority acceptability (especially Mr. Nader or Mr. Buchanan) ??? The actual plurality results were roughly Gore 49, Bush 48, Others 3. The obvious left-right spectrum is Nader - Gore - Bush - Buchanan.
