It is not very old news that IRV is getting used in the Oscars and Obama/McCain's past endorsements of it are still getting major media attention.
dlw On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Jameson Quinn <[email protected]>wrote: > Um, the McCain/Obama endorsements are very old news – for instance, it's > from before either MJ or SODA even existed. (I know in the latter case > that's not saying much, nor am I claiming that Obama would be more likely > to endorse SODA today, I'm just saying that there are two systems today > that I consider reasonably well-explored and better than what existed > previously, that didn't exist over in the early 2000s when Obama endorsed > IRV.) > > 2012/2/22 David L Wetzell <[email protected]> > >> Steve Pond: >> http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/oscar-voting-now-passions-got-nothing-do-it-35468?page=0,0 >> >> The P of irv is on the rise, in addition to with the endorsement of >> Barack Obama as highlighted in Rob Richies editorial in the NYTimes, and >> we're not likely to change that in a way that similarly raises the P of *one >> *alternative. >> dlw >> >> ---- >> Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list >> info >> >> >
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