> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:30:04 -0500, “Robert Bristow-Johnson”
> <[email protected]>:
> On Dec 13, 2010, at 5:18 PM, ??alabio? wrote:
>
>> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:14:00 -0800 (PST), ?Sand W? <b4p...@yahoo
>> .com>:
>>> It would/will be great if any student of statistics will do a
>>> statistical regression on these two bay-area elections, to prove
>>> that higher voter turnout in CA's IRV-modernized cities made the
>>> difference for Kamala Harris and Jerry McNerney.
>> The first thing to do is determine whether a phenomenon exists.
>> This could be nothing more than post hoc proctor ergo hoc. I see no
>> reason to believe that IRV would increase turnout.
> do you mean that the turnout in the IRV election is no greater than
> turnout in a regular election? i might agree.
¡You got it!:
The question is whether the turnout for the IRV-Election as part of the
general election increased, thus effecting state-races. Your hypothesis about
people not bothering to show for runoffs is interesting and probably true, but
not the issue at stake here.
“Sand W” <[email protected]>, December 14, 2010 4:03:18 PM GMT:
> IRV increases turnout because there is a greater chance that one
> person's vote will make a difference.
That maybe true; but democratically however, ¿why not use a good voting
method for luring them into the election like Condorcet, or better yet however,
Score-Voting?
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