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I also want to agree with the person who suggested that Jon Huntsman is a "weak" Condorcet winner among Republican US presidential candidates, and mention that among the entire electorate, I believe Jon Huntsman would be the Condorcet winner and probably win the election. Having lived in Utah for decades, Jon Huntsman is the only Republican candidate I would consider voting for, given my strong Democratic proclivities. I believe Huntsman is the only Republican candidate that could honestly win an election against Obama. Notice I said "honestly" because I do not think that US election contests that are within 10% to 15% margins (and maybe more) are being decided accurately in the US, given the way that election administrators and private companies have successfully asserted an unconstitutional special right to secretly count votes and handle ballots in the US with virtually no public oversight. At least in other countries that have more transparent processes, any evidence of tampering is detectable. Jon Huntsman is moderate, believes in science, is a highly successful former Governor and hugely successful businessman and philanthropist who was very popular among Utah Democrats, as well as Republicans when he was governor. If Republicans really want to win the Presidency, at least via honest means, he is their best hope. Don't have much confidence that Repubs will nominate him though. I believe Huntsman would is the Condorcet winner if U.S. voters could vote on all the current candidates using a ranked or rated ballot and range or Condorcet or other fair electoral method that improves upon plurality voting. Obama has good intentions and has done a lot of good but has underutilized the powers available to the president (veto power and appointment power in the DoJ) and appointed the same people who helped cause the financial crisis to try to solve it (which doesn't work), and thus has squandered his opportunities to a large measure. -- Kathy Dopp http://electionmathematics.org Town of Colonie, NY 12304 "One of the best ways to keep any conversation civil is to support the discussion with true facts." "Renewable energy is homeland security." Fundamentals of Verifiable Elections http://kathydopp.com/wordpress/?p=174 View some of my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1451051 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
